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Despite some improvements in cardiovascular care, women today remain "understudied, underdiagnosed and undertreated" according to the first scientific statement from the American Heart Association on heart attacks in women.
The statement, published in Circulation, concluded that the undertreatment with guideline-based recommendations is "leading to worse outcomes and increased rates of readmissions, reinfarctions and deaths in the first year after MI."
51˶ invited five cardiologists to discuss the statement. Featured in the video discussion are:
, Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta
, Ursula Geller Professor for Research in Cardiovascular Disease, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, N.C.
, Cardiovascular Disease, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland
Cardiologist, Cleveland Clinic
, Associate Professor, Medicine, Cardiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City
From the American Heart Association: