Symptoms Suggestive of Acute Coronary Syndrome: When Is Sex Important?

CONCLUSIONS: Women and men evaluated for ACS reported similar rates of chest pain but differed on other classic symptoms. These findings suggest that women and men should be counseled that ACS is not always accompanied by chest pain and multiple symptoms may occur simultaneously.
PMID: 27281055 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing - June 7, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: DeVon HA, Burke LA, Vuckovic KM, Haugland T, Eckhardt AL, Patmon F, Rosenfeld AG Tags: J Cardiovasc Nurs Source Type: research