Milena dos Santos Barros , Susimeire , Adriana Pinto Bellini , Cléa Simone Sabino de Souza
ABSTRACT Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the main cause of morbidity and mortality in women. One of the factors that hinders the early recognition of CAD is the clinical manifestation, since the symptoms are more atypical, and may appear as nausea, dyspnea, fatigue, epigastric discomfort, pain in dorsal, cervical or mandibular region. Women often have non-obstructive CAD associated with microvascular or endothelial dysfunction or other cardiovascular changes, which reduce the accuracy of noninvasive tests. Exercise testing (ET), one of the […]
Keywords: Coronary Artery Disease; Exercise Testing; Myocardial Ischemia; Women