Diagnosing and treating MI in women - a paper to change practice

There has been a lot of publicity for this BMJ cohort study of 1126 patients presenting with “suspected acute coronary syndrome” to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary over a three month period. The use of high sensitivity troponin testing made little difference to the diagnosis rate in men but doubled the number of women diagnosed with myocardial infarction. This is an important and well reported study and I think it calls for an immediate change in practice followed by a series of further studies. I think we are still some way short of knowing how best to diagnose and treat MI in women.
Source: Doc2Doc BMJ Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Authors: Source Type: forums