Researchers have discovered that th...

Researchers have discovered that the explanation to accurately diagnosing coronary artery disease (CAD) in women may be to use a different protoplast of diagnostic test, according to a June 12 2000 of the present days release from the American Society of Echocardiography. The research recommends physicians can get more definitive answers earlier when treating women with chest pain from using a different type of trial in their initial echocardiograph evaluation.

It has been recognized that CAD is more difficult to descry in women than in men thus treatment of heart conditions in women is les prosperous than in men. Often, by the agency of the time treatment has begun, CAD damage has already occurred

Researchers studied 101 women between the ages of 35 and 75 with undiagnosed chest pain syndrome Each expose carried a minimum of sum of two units cardiac risk factors, such as high cholesterol or tobacco use. Women with major medical vexed questions were excluded from the study

According to the release, subject of attention subjects were clinically assessed through one of three methods: traditional treadmill electrocardiographic stres testing (EST); exercise echocardiography involving the use of a treadmill; and dobutamine stres echocardiography, which involves giving the bring under rule medication that mimics the tenors of exercise. Physicians were able to make a definitive diagnosis in 100% of the subdues who underwent either type of electrocardiography and could single make a definitive diagnosis in 64% of exposes who underwent the traditional EST

Anthony Sanfilippo, MD of the Kingston General Hospital and Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, l the research. His team will continue their research according to tracking subjects for two years to close attention health outcomes and costs.

subject of attention Reveals Better Ways to Diagnose Chest Pain in Women (new release, Chicago: American Society of Echocardiography, June 12 2000) 1-2 Available from http://www.newsdesk.com/members/showdoc.htm?file=pr 122358txt Accessed 13 June 2000

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