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Multimodal Imaging Crucial in Finding the Cause of Heart Attack in Women with Non-Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease – PRNewswire
/PRNewswire/ — New research presented today at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2020 found that additional imaging tests can determine the……
Led by researchers and clinicians at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, the study examined women with MINOCA, or myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries, a condition that accounts for 6 to 15 percent of heart attacks and is 3 times more common among women than men with heart attack. It determined that coronary optical coherence tomography (OCT) and a cardiac MRI identified the underlying cause of heart attack in 85 percent of study participants.”For a long time, women with symptoms…
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