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The Gender Gap in ACS: Sex-Specific Thresholds of High-Sensitivity Troponin in Patients With Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Submitted by

Mark Ferguson

Source

Source Name: JACC

Source URL: http://www.onlinejacc.org/content/74/16/2032

Author(s)

Kuan Ken Lee, Amy V. Ferry, Atul Anand, Fiona E. Strachan, Andrew R. Chapman, Dorien M. Kimenai, Steven J.R. Meex, Colin Berry, Iain Findlay, Alan Reid, Anne Cruickshank, Alasdair Gray, Paul O. Collinson, Fred S. Apple, David A. McAllister, Donogh Maguire, Keith A.A. Fox, David E. Newby, Chris Tuck, Catriona Keerie, Christopher J. Weir, Anoop S.V. Shah, Nicholas L. Mills and on behalf of the High-STEACS Investigators

Using gender specific thresholds for abnormalities in cardiac troponin I, the rate of injury among women increased by 42%. This did not translate into improved management of women, who remained about half as likely to undergo revascularization, receive dual antiplatet therapy, or undergo other interventions.