Women ARE different! You often hear that medical research does not examine the differences between women and men when it comes to diseases and treatment. This is much worse. Excellent research sponsored by the National Institutes of Health has been done, but it has been largely ignored. That is a critical issue because 800 women die of heart disease in the US every day. Even though women with repeated chest pain who do not have heart artery blockages have a high risk of heart attack, they are still managed under the old system. They have a stress test. If that is suspicious they have a heart catheterization, and if there are no blockages they are told it is not their heart. But that is wrong. If they have repeated chest pain that is relieved by nitroglycerin most often it is their heart and optimal medical therapy (OMT) will help them. Most have complete pain relief within a year.
The consequences of ignoring this specific research are grave. These women have a life-threatening problem, but it is not being addressed. They continue to suffer. It is very frightening. They continue to have pain, return to the emergency room, and have repeated tests. Worst of all, they are often led to believe it is their nerves, or they are depressed. I have treated a woman who had a proven heart attack who had no heart artery blockage at all. I have treated over 20 women with this kind of problem. Because the issue is not effectively addressed, they continue to have big medical bills. The lifetime costs of patients like this who have repeated chest pain is $750,000 on average. The cost in suffering and lives lost is still greater. Now guidelines call for OMT first for stable heart artery disease in both sexes. It is past time for women to consistently receive optimal medical treatment if they have repeated chest pain. We can protect women with heart disease now. Don’t you agree? Are there women out there who have had this problem and would like to comment?
We can really help these women and save thier lives rigth now!https://www.linkedin.com/posts/joseph-thomas-shen-md-b01760106_ebbh-activity-6880243571161665536-q5Cf
Yes. Where could I go to get this? I live next door to Dr. Besterman. Great neighbor by the way!