Review
New insights into ischemic heart disease in women
Antonio Bellasi, MD, Paolo Raggi, MD, C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD and Leslee J. Shaw, PhD
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2007, 74 (8) 585-594;
Antonio Bellasi
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GAOspedale S. Paolo, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
Paolo Raggi
Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
C. Noel Bairey Merz
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Professor of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
Leslee J. Shaw
Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

ABSTRACT
Coronary artery disease is different in women than in men in its pathogenesis, symptoms, and prognosis. Needed is a strategy for detecting and assessing coronary disease specifically in women. This review highlights recent evidence on sex differences in coronary artery disease.
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New insights into ischemic heart disease in women
Antonio Bellasi, Paolo Raggi, C. Noel Bairey Merz, Leslee J. Shaw
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