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Delays to Hospital Presentation in Women and Men with ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Multi-Center Analysis of Patients Hospitalized in New York City.

David WeiningerJuan Pablo CordovaEelin WilsonDayana J EslavaCarlos L AlviarAleksandr KorniyenkoChirag Pankajkumar BavishiMun K HongAmy ChorzempaJohn FoxJacqueline E Tamis-Holland
Published in: Therapeutics and clinical risk management (2022)
Women with STEMI have longer pre-hospital delays than men, which are associated with a higher prevalence of atypical symptoms and a lack of belief in women that they are having an AMI. Greater focus should be made on educating women (and men) regarding the symptoms of STEMI, and the importance of a timely response to these symptoms.
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