Women and Coronary Artery Disease. Part I: Basic Considerations
Women die of cardiovascular disorders even more than a combination of breast cancer, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and lung cancer.Recent data show that while 1 out of 2.6 women die of coronary artery disease (CAD), only 1 out of 4.6 die from cancer.Whereas some studies show an increase in the age-adjusted mortality of CAD in both