BONN, Germany, April 24 (UPI) -- The risk of dying
in Germany of a myocardial infarction -- heart attack -- is not higher for
women than for men, a study found.
Dr. Gunther Heller says the study findings contradict and disprove the
hypothesis that a myocardial infarction is not as reliably recognized in
women as in men, so women may sometimes receive inadequate care.
The study authors analyzed the medical data of a large general health
insurance company of patients who had received hospital treatment for a
myocardial infarction from 2004 to 2005. Within this period, 57,000 women
and 75,000 men insured by the company in Germany suffered from a myocardial
infarction.
After allowing for the age of the patients, there was no difference in
mortality between men and women. Mortality was only slightly increased in
the small group of women under 50 years of age, in comparison with men of
the same age, Heller says.
The findings are published in the Deutsches Arzteblatt International.
Source : United Press International.
