Signs and symptoms of suspected myocardial ischemia in women: Results from the what is the optimal method for ischemia evaluation in women? Trial

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1261-1268

  Mieres, Jennifer H ^a   Heller, Gary V ^b,c   Hendel, Robert C ^d   Gulati, Martha ^e   Boden, William E ^f   Katten, Deborah ^b,c   Shaw, Leslee J ^g  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^g EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DUKE ACTIVITY STATUS INDEX; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEATTLE ANGINA QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; THORAX PAIN; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WOMEN ISCHEMIA SYNDROME EVALUATION;

CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; NORTH AMERICA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 80053958828     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: 1931843X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2010.2595     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Available at circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/reprint/CIRCULA TIONAHA 108.191261 Accessed February 23, 2009.
2. Hemingway H, Langenberg C, Damant J, et al. Prevalence of angina in women versus men: A systematic review and meta-analysis of international variations across 31 countries. Circulation 2008;117:1526-1536. (Pubitemid 351440641)
3. Shaw LJ, Bairey Merz CN, Reis SE, et al., for the WISE Investigators. Ischemic heart disease in women: Insights from the NHLBI-sponsored Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE) study. Part I: Sex differences in traditional and novel risk factors, symptom evaluation and gender-optimized diagnostic strategies. J Am Coll Cardiol 2006;47:S4-S20.
4. Bairey Merz CN, Shaw LJ, Reis SE. Ischemic heart disease in women: Insights from the NHLBI-sponsored Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE) Study. Part II: Gender differences in presentation,diagnosis, and outcomewith regardto sex-based pathophysiology of atherosclerosis, macro- and micro- vascular CAD. J Am Coll Cardiol 2006;47(Suppl):21s-29s.
5. Diamond GA, Forrester JS. Analysis of probability as an aid in the clinical diagnosis of coronary artery disease. N Engl J Med 1979;300:1350-1358. (Pubitemid 9198112)
6. Gibbons RJ, Balady GJ, Beasley JW, et al. ACC/AHA guidelines for exercise testing: Executive summary. Circulation 1997;96:345-354.
7. Lerner DJ, Kannel WB. Patterns of coronary heart disease morbidity and mortality in the sexes: A 26-year follow-up of the Framingham population. Am Heart J 1986;111:383-390. (Pubitemid 16107280)
8. Gulati M, Cooper-DeHoff RM, McClure C, et al. Adverse cardiovascular outcomes in women with nonobstructive coronary artery disease: A report from the National Institutes of Health-National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institutesponsored Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE) Study and The St James Women Take Heart (WTH) Project. Arch Intern Med 2009;169:843-850.
9. Robinson JG, Wallace R, Limacher M, et al. Cardiovascular risk in women with nonspecific chest pain (from the Women's Health Initiative Hormone Trials). Am J Cardiol 2008;102:693-699.
10. Hemingway H, McCallum A, Shipley M, et al. Incidence and prognostic implications of stable angina pectoris among women and men. JAMA 2006;295:1404-1411.
11. Sekhri N, Timmis A, Chen R, et al. Inequity of access to investigation and effect on clinical outcomes: Prognostic study of coronary angiography for suspected stable angina pectoris. BMJ 2008;336:1058-1061. (Pubitemid 351692249)
12. Mieres JH, Shaw LJ, Hendel RC, Heller GV. The WOMEN Study: What is the Optimal Method for Ischemia Evaluation in WomeN? A multicenter, prospective, randomized study to establish the optimal method for detection of coronary artery disease (CAD) risk in women at an intermediate-high pre-test likelihood of CAD study design. J Nucl Cardiol 2009;16:105-112.
13. Shaw LJ, Sharaf BL, Johnson BD, et al. The economic burden of angina in women with suspected ischemic heart disease: Results from the National Institutes of Health-National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute-sponsored Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE). Circulation 2006;114:894-904. (Pubitemid 44337132)
14. Spertus JA, Winder JA, Dewhurst TA, et al. Development and evaluation of the Seattle Angina Questionnaire: A new functional status measure for coronary artery disease. J Am Coll Cardiol 1995;25:333-341.
15. Spertus JA, Winder JA, Dewhurst TA, et al. Monitoring the quality of life in patients with coronary artery disease. Am J Cardiol 1994;74:1240-1244. (Pubitemid 24375015)
16. Spertus JA, Jones P, McDonell M, Fan V, Fihn SD. Health status predicts long-term outcome in outpatients with coronary disease. Circulation 2002;106:43-49. (Pubitemid 34747440)
17. Mozaffarian D, Bryson CL, Spertus JA, et al. Anginal symptoms consistently predict total mortality among outpatients with coronary artery disease. Am Heart J 2003; 146:1015-1022. (Pubitemid 37500775)
18. Shaw LJ, Olson MB, Kip K, et al. The value of estimated functional capacity in estimating outcome: Results from the NHLBI-sponsored Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation. J Am Coll Cardiol 2006;47:S36-S43.
19. Hltaky MA Boineau RE et al. A brief self-administered questionnaire to determine functional capacity (the Duke Activity Status Index). Am J Cardiol 1989;64:651-654.
20. Available at www.acc.org/qualityandscience/clinical/guide lines/ exercise/exercise-clean.pdf AccessedDecember 15, 2010.
21. Available at www.asnc.org/imageuploads/ImagingGuide lines SPECT1116071.pdf Accessed December 15, 2010.
22. Pilote L, Dasgupta K, Guru V, et al. A comprehensive view of sex-specific issues related to cardiovascular disease. Can Med Assoc J 2007;176:S1-44.
23. Bugiardini R,BaireyMerzCN.Anginawith ''normal'' coronary arteries: A changing philosophy. JAMA 2005;293:477-484.
24. Shaw LJ, Bugiardini R, Bairey Merz CN. Women and ischemic heart disease: Evolving knowledge. J Am Coll Cardiol 2009; 54;1561-1575.
25. Wessel TR, Arant CB, Olson MB, et al. Relationship of physical fitness vs BMI with CAD & CV events in women. JAMA 2004;292:1179-1187.
26. Gulati M, Black HR, Shaw LJ, et al. The prognostic value of a nomogram for exercise capacity in women. N Engl J Med 2005;353:18-25.
27. Von Mering GO, Arant CB, Wessel TR, et al. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Abnormal coronary vasomotion as a prognostic indicator of cardiovascular events in women: Results from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute- Sponsored Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE). Circulation 2004;109:722-725. (Pubitemid 38222890)
28. Wong TY, Klein R, Sharrett AR, et al. Retrinal arteriolar narrowing and risk of coronary heart disease in men and women. JAMA 2002;287:1153-1159.
29. Rossi R, Nuzzo A, Origliani G, Modena MG. Prognostic role of flow-mediated dilation and cardiac risk factors in postmenopausal women. J Am Coll Cardiol 2008;51:997-1002. (Pubitemid 351318128)
30. Bugiardini R, Manfrini O, Pizzi C, et al. Endothelial function predicts future development of coronary artery disease. A study on women with chest pain and normal angiograms. Circulation 2004;109:2518-2523. (Pubitemid 38720550)
31. Hemingway H, Crook AM, Feder G, et al. Underuse of coronary revascularization procedures in patients considered appropriate candidates for revascularization. N Engl J Med 2001;344:645-654. (Pubitemid 32183581)
32. Bowling A, Bond M, McKee D, et al. Equity in access to exercise tolerance testing, coronary angiography, and coronary artery bypass grafting by age, sex and clinical indications. Heart 2001;85:680-686. (Pubitemid 32973466)
33. Battleman DS, Callahan M. Gender differences in utilization of exercise treadmill testing: A claims-based analysis. J Health Qual 2001;23:38-41.
34. Mosca L, Grundy SM, Judelson D, et al. Guide to preventive cardiology for women. AHA/ACC Scientific Statement Consensus panel statement. Circulation 1999;99:2480-2484.
35. Rathore SS, Chen J, Wang Y, et al. Sex differences in cardiac catheterization: The role of physician gender. JAMA 2001;286:2849-2856. (Pubitemid 33126928)
36. Daly C, Clemens F, Lopez Sendon JL, et al. Euro Heart Survey Investigators. Gender differences in the management and clinical outcome of stable angina. Circulation 2006;113: 490-498.
37. Shaw LJ, Miller DD, Romeis JC, Kargl D, Younis LT, Chaitman BR. Gender differences in the noninvasive evaluation and management of patients with suspected coronary artery disease. Ann Intern Med 1994;120:559-566. (Pubitemid 24091596)
38. Blomkalns AL, Chen AY, Hochman JS, et al. Gender disparities in diagnosis & treatment of non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes. J Am Coll Cardiol 2005;45:832-837.