Gender differences in heart disease revealed in a new study published in Postgraduate Medicine

In a new study published in the March issue of Postgraduate Medicine, doctors from the Department of Cardiology at the University of North Texas Medical Center investigated the different ways that cardiovascular disease, specifically coronary artery disease, presents itself in men and women. The article, entitled Gender Differences in Coronary Artery Disease: Review of Diagnostic Challenges and Current Treatment, discusses the atypical symptoms that women with CAD exhibit, a fact that often leads doctors to underdiagnose the disease. However, by illuminating these sex-based distinctions, these doctors hope to help others realize the importance of critical investigation in women demonstrating these differing symptoms