{"id":17381,"date":"2024-02-08T13:10:10","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T18:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ices.on.ca\/?post_type=news_release&p=17381"},"modified":"2024-02-08T13:11:06","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T18:11:06","slug":"women-with-heart-attacks-are-less-likely-to-receive-crucial-therapies-and-have-higher-mortality-than-men","status":"publish","type":"news_release","link":"https:\/\/www.ices.on.ca\/fr\/news-releases\/women-with-heart-attacks-are-less-likely-to-receive-crucial-therapies-and-have-higher-mortality-than-men\/","title":{"rendered":"Women with heart attacks are less likely to receive crucial therapies and have higher mortality than men"},"content":{"rendered":"

Toronto, ON, February 8, 2024<\/strong> \u2013 Between 2011 and 2018 heart attack patients were increasingly men across six diverse countries, yet women in all countries were less likely to receive important cardiac treatments and were more likely to die, according to a new study from ICES, <\/strong>the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston <\/strong>and Harvard University.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The researchers say that the findings suggest there are sex-based disparities present in countries with very different healthcare systems and cultures, which raises questions about why women receive differential treatment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThough our findings showed that heart attacks are increasingly male and less likely female, there were concerning gaps in care that affected women more,\u201d says senior author Peter Cram, an adjunct scientist at ICES and The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston. \u201cAll countries, including Canada, need to address these issues and improve healthcare delivery for older patients who experience severe heart attacks.\u201d<\/p>\n

The authors analyzed medical records of adults 66 years or older who were hospitalized for at least one day with a type of heart attack known as ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI, which tends to be more severe) and non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI). Outcomes for STEMI and NSTEMI male patients were compared with outcomes among female patients in the US, Canada (Ontario and Manitoba), England, Netherlands, Taiwan, and Israel between 2011 and 2018.<\/p>\n

Published in the journal Circulation, Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes<\/em><\/a>, the study included 1.5 million older adults, and cohort sizes ranged between countries.<\/p>\n

Findings showed that:<\/p>\n