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Question 1

Leading Cause of Death in Women

Answer 1

Heart Disease. At every age, more die from that than cancer

Question 2

3 Groups likely to Get Heart Disease

Answer 2

Middle age men, old men, and old women. But younger women catching up

Question 3

Outcomes in Women

Answer 3

Worse

Question 4

Symptoms in Women

Answer 4

Everything more atypical, especially angina. So pretty much any old lady w/ weird complaints needs an ECG

Question 5

Diabetes in Women

Answer 5

More powerful risk factor, negates any female benefit at any age

Question 6

1st Event

Answer 6

Takes longer for women to have first event, but once they do everything far worse

Question 7

Ischemic Dysfunction in Women

Answer 7

Often more microvascular disease, so male therapies don’t work as well even if labeled “success”

Question 8

Hormone Therapy

Answer 8

Don’t start and don’t continue. No evidence of benefit, instead it does harm

Question 9

Aspirin in Women

Answer 9

If have established CVD. Otherwise, have to weigh RFs for CVD against higher bleeding and shit in women