JAMA internal medicine
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JAMA internal medicine · Nov 2013
Multicenter StudySex differences in acute coronary syndrome symptom presentation in young patients.
Little is known about whether sex differences in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) presentation exist in young patients and what factors determine absence of chest pain in ACS presentation. ⋯ Chest pain was the most common ACS symptom in both sexes. Although women were more likely to present without chest pain than men, absence of chest pain was not associated with markers of coronary disease severity. Strategies that explicitly incorporate assessment of common non-chest pain symptoms need to be evaluated.