Efectos del sexo en la disfunción microvascular coronaria y los resultados cardíacos

Venkatesh L Murthy1, Masanao Naya1, Viviany R Taqueti1

  • 1From the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, and Divisions of Nuclear Medicine and Cardiothoracic Imaging, Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (V.L.M.); Noninvasive Cardiovascular Imaging Program, Departments of Internal Medicine and Radiology (V.L.M., M.N., V.R.T., S.D., R.B., M.F.D.C.), and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine (V.L.M., V.R.T., J.H., S.D., R.B., M.F.D.C.), Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Department of Radiology (C.R.F., M.G., J.H., S.D., M.F.D.C.), and Istituto di Bioimmagini e Fisiologia Molecolare (O.R.), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche and Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy; Division of Cardiology, Vita Salute University and Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy (P.G.C.).

Circulation
|May 3, 2014
PubMed
Resumen

La disfunción microvascular coronaria (DMC) afecta a hombres y mujeres por igual y predice eventos cardíacos adversos. Este hallazgo sugiere que la CMD es un objetivo terapéutico clave para ambos sexos.

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