Extreme weather conditions as a gender-specific risk factor for acute myocardial infarction
Acute coronary syndrome is a disease with high prevalence and high mortality. Exposure to heat or cold increases the risks of myocardial infarction significantly. Gender-specific effects of this have not yet been examined. Our goal was to determine whether extreme weather conditions, which become more and more frequent, are gender-specific risk factors for myocardial infarction, in order to help provide faster diagnosis and revascularization therapy for patients.
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Calvin Lukas Kienbacher, Rainer Kaltenberger, Wolfgang Schreiber, Katharina Tscherny, Verena Fuhrmann, Dominik Roth, Harald Herkner Source Type: research
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