PMID: 9444172Jan 28, 1998Paper

Myocardial infarction. The number one killer of women

Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America
C A Evanoski

Abstract

CHD is the number one killer of men and women. Men and women need to be educated about the warning symptoms of CHD and MI to assist in earlier diagnosis and treatment. Women need to be taught about the variety of factors that may affect their risk for CHD. All women should be counseled about the importance of primary and secondary prevention, as those with low probability of disease may some day have some form of cardiovascular illness, and those with high probability of disease may prevent or lessen the effects from an infarction. The Women's Health Initiative (WHI) is a study that may answer many of the unresolved questions about women and MI. The WHI was established by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 1993 to address negligence of women's health by the major federal research agencies. It is the largest study ever funded by NIH. Forty centers throughout the United States will follow 163,000 women for a 10-year-period to determine how to prevent heart disease, breast and colon cancer, and osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. The age range of women is from 50 to 79 years old. This study will have a major impact upon care of women for these varied conditions. While waiting for the answers to questions about treatment ...Continue Reading

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