3 Topic Commentaries

Female patients less likely to receive invasive care

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  Mandeep Singh, MD, MPH

  Interventional Cardiology

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  Mayo Clinic

  “Studies have demonstrated that women are less likely than men to be referred for invasive procedures, including coronary angiography and PCI,” Dr. Singh said.

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  Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH

  Interventional Cardiology

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  Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Harvard Medical School)

  “Despite guidelines directing use of stenting in heart attack patients, younger women are receiving this life-saving treatment method less than younger men,” said Deepak L. Bhatt, M.D., M.P.H., senior author of the study, executive director of interventional cardiovascular programs at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston.

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  Catherine M. Wagner, MD

  Cardiac/Thoracic Surgery

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  University of Michigan Health Frankel Cardiovascular Center

  “Most size thresholds for surgical intervention are absolute, and our findings suggest that this may contribute to women undergoing surgery later and sicker, or being less likely to receive recommended surgical therapy.”

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