NIH-supported findings identify risk factors in women and suggest the need for closer monitoring. A study funded by the National Institutes of Health shows that women aged 55 and younger are nearly twice as likely to be rehospitalized within a year of a heart attack compared to men of the same ag
A new Yale-led study has for the first time identified which risk factors are more likely to trigger a heart attack or acute myocardial infarction (AMI) for men and women 55 years and younger.
Researchers discovered significant sex differences in risk factors associated with AMI and in the strength of associations among young adults, suggesting the need for a sex-specific preventive strategy.