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Female Manifestation of Acute Coronary Syndromes

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The pathophysiology and clinical manifestation of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) is different among men and women. Women more often have an ACS with ‘normal’ coronary arteries (MINOCA) than men. Despite, their mortality rates are two times higher. They also have more often variant types of ACS, such as spontaneous coronary artery dissections (SCAD) and a Takotsubo syndrome. Different types of ACS need a different approach in the acute phase and during the lifetime thereafter, which is still insufficiently addressed in the current guidelines.

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