CORDIS Project
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This research focuses on understanding gender differences in coronary artery disease, particularly plaque erosion in women. By analyzing vascular tissues, it aims to improve early diagnosis and treatment strategies tailored to female patients.
Cardiovascular disease causes 51% of deaths in women and 42% of deaths in men in Europe.
Women are contributing mostly to the worrying trend of increases in hospitalizations for coronary artery disease (CAD) at younger ages.
Missed and delayed diagnoses in women are more common than in men, as the pathophysiology of CAD in women is different than in men.
Men often have atherosclerotic plaque rupture as underlying mechanism for CAD whereas women more often suffer from plaque erosion.
Plaque erosi…
UNIVERSITAIR MEDISCH CENTRUM UTRECHT
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