[Emergency treatment of myocardial infarction in women]

Abstract

Acute myocardial infarction (MI) affects mainly men. In women, chest pain is less typical, delaying the diagnosis and increasing the time before treatment is delivered. Morbidity-mortality is greater notably due to a modification of the myocardial reperfusion strategy. The acute care of MI is almost identical for men and women. Knowing more about the epidemiology of women with MI enables prevention strategies to be targeted.

Keywords: acute coronary syndrome; cardiovascular risk; emergency; facteur de risque cardiovasculaire; femme; infarctus du myocarde; myocardial infarction; syndrome coronarien aigu; urgence; woman.