Managing Ischemic Heart Disease in Women: Role of a Women's Heart Center.
Abha KhandelwalMay BakirMeghan BezaireBriana CostelloJoanne Michelle D GomezValerie HooverNoreen T NazirKatherine NicholsAmy ReisenbergAnupama RaoRupa SanghaniMelissa TracyAnnabelle Santos VolgmanPublished in: Current atherosclerosis reports (2021)
HCW use a multidisciplinary team to manage women with IHD. Due to the paucity of randomized controlled trials investigating various manifestations of IHD, some treatments are not evidence-based such as those for coronary microvascular dysfunction and spontaneous coronary artery dissection. Sex-specific risk factors have been identified and multimodality cardiac imaging is improving in diagnosing IHD in women. Treatments are being studied to help improve symptoms and outcomes in women with IHD. There has been progress in the care of women with IHD. HCW can be instrumental in treating women with IHD, doing research, and being a source of research study participants.
Keyphrases
- coronary artery
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- risk factors
- pregnancy outcomes
- palliative care
- quality improvement
- healthcare
- cervical cancer screening
- breast cancer risk
- heart failure
- pulmonary artery
- high resolution
- oxidative stress
- left ventricular
- adipose tissue
- atrial fibrillation
- physical activity
- chronic pain
- pulmonary hypertension
- pulmonary arterial hypertension