Biology, bias, or both? The contribution of sex and gender to the disparity in cardiovascular outcomes between women and men

S Gauci, S Cartledge, J Redfern, R Gallagher… - Current Atherosclerosis …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality
and morbidity worldwide for both men and women. However, CVD is understudied …

2022 ACC expert consensus decision pathway on the evaluation and disposition of acute chest pain in the emergency department: a report of the American College of …

Writing Committee, MC Kontos, JA de Lemos… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - jacc.org
Copies: This document is available on the website of the American College of Cardiology
(www. acc. org). For copies of this document, please contact Elsevier Inc. Reprint …

Care Models for Acute Chest Pain That Improve Outcomes and Efficiency: JACC State-of-the-Art Review

LP Dawson, K Smith, L Cullen, Z Nehme… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - jacc.org
Existing assessment pathways for acute chest pain are often resource-intensive, prolonged,
and expensive. In this review, the authors describe existing chest pain pathways and current …

Sex and race differences in the evaluation and treatment of young adults presenting to the emergency department with chest pain

D Banco, J Chang, N Talmor, P Wadhera… - Journal of the …, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Acute myocardial infarctions are increasingly common among young adults. We
investigated sex and racial differences in the evaluation of chest pain (CP) among young …

Sex differences in epidemiology, care, and outcomes in patients with acute chest pain

LP Dawson, E Nehme, Z Nehme, E Davis… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - jacc.org
Background Discrepancies in cardiovascular care for women are well described, but few
data assess the entire patient journey for chest pain care. Objectives This study aimed to …

Incidence, diagnoses and outcomes of ambulance attendances for chest pain: a population-based cohort study

LP Dawson, E Andrew, Z Nehme, J Bloom… - Annals of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Aims This study aimed to determine incidences, diagnoses, and outcomes of patients with
chest pain attended by paramedics using a large population-based sample. Methods …

Chest pain epidemiology and care quality for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Victoria, Australia: a population-based cohort study from 2015 to 2019

LP Dawson, E Nehme, LJ Burchill, Z Nehme… - The Lancet Regional …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background This study examined chest pain epidemiology and care quality for Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander ('Indigenous') patients presenting to hospital via emergency …

Sex-specific effects of implementing a high-sensitivity troponin I assay in patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome: results from SWEDEHEART registry

DM Kimenai, B Lindahl, T Jernberg, O Bekers… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Using high-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTn) assays with sex-specific 99th percentiles
may improve management of patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction (AMI). We …

Prehospital time for patients with acute cardiac complaints: A rural health disparity

NP Ashburn, AC Snavely, RM Angi, JF Scheidler… - The American journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective Delays in care for patients with acute cardiac complaints are associated with
increased morbidity and mortality. The objective of this study was to quantify rural and urban …

Sex bias persists in surgical research: a 5-year follow-up study

A Mercel, ER Newton, K Marulanda, M Klein… - Surgery, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Federal initiatives have recently addressed the sex bias that exists in
biomedical and clinical research. However, improvement to the inclusion of sex as a …