“Women are Not Little Men” is a new podcast series within CardiaCast designed for cardiovascular health providers to increase awareness of sex-based differences in cardiovascular disease (CVD) and to improve the clinical care of women with CVD. “Women are Not Little Men” is hosted by Drs. Emily Lau and Niti Aggarwal, nationally renowned experts in women’s CVD and members of the American College of Cardiology CVD in Women Committee. In this episode, Drs. Ron Blankstein and Renee Bullock-Palmer review the 2021 American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Chest Pain Guidelines and implications for women. They will also review the full spectrum of ischemic heart disease in women including epicardial coronary artery disease, microvascular disease, ischemia with non-obstructive coronary arteries, and spontaneous coronary artery dissection.    

 SUGGESTED MATERIALS: 

1. Gulati M, Levy PD, Mukherjee D, et al. 2021 AHA/ACC/ASE/CHEST/SAEM/SCCT/SCMR guideline for the evaluation and diagnosis of chest pain: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. Circulation 2021;144:e368–e454. 

1. Maron DJ, Hochman JS, Reynolds HR, et al; ISCHEMIA Research Group. Initial invasive or conservative strategy for stable coronary disease. N Engl J Med 2020;382:1395–1407.  

1. Vargas K, Messman A, Levy P. Nuances in the evaluation of chest pain in women. JACC Case Rep 2021;3:1793–1797. 
2. Hayes SN, Kim ESH, Saw J, et al. Spontaneous coronary artery dissection: current state of the science: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation 2018;137:e523-e557.  

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