Gender, Cardiovascular Disease, and the Sexism of Obesity

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015 Nov 3;66(18):1958-1960. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.08.860.

Authors

C Noel Bairey Merz¹, Holly S Andersen², Chrisandra L Shufelt³

Affiliations

¹ Barbra Streisand Women's Heart Center, Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California. Electronic address: merz@cshs.org.
² New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York.
³ Barbra Streisand Women's Heart Center, Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.

PMID: 26515997
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.08.860

No abstract available

Keywords: acute myocardial infarction; gender; obesity.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Attitude to Health*
Female
Humans
Male
Myocardial Infarction*
Sex Factors*