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Postgraduate Medicine Volume 103, 1998 - Issue 3
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Coronary artery disease in women

How customary expectations can interfere with interpretation of test results

Roxanne L. Jadin Dr Jadin is a general internist at Mankato Clinic, Mankato, Minnesota.
, MD &
Karen Margolis Dr Margolis is assistant professor, Berman Center for Outcomes and Clinical Research, department of medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis.Correspondence[email protected].
, MD
Pages 71-84 | Published online: 30 Jun 2015
 
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Although one in three women in the United States will die of heart disease, traditionally coronary artery disease (CAD) in women has received less recognition as a public health problem than has the disease in men. To assist practicing physicians in recognizing CAD in women, this article reviews sex differences in risk factors and manifestations of CAD as well as strengths and weaknesses of various diagnostic tests in women.

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