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Gender differences in myocardial infarction

Posted on March 16, 2012 by

In general, women present to hospital with symptoms and signs of coronary artery disease at a later age than males; furthermore, they often present with atypical symptoms.  While a large amount of work has been directed towards examining sex differences in mortality, few studies have taken into account age difference when doing so. […]

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