The American Journal of Managed Care

Women More Likely to Survive Heart Attacks When Treated by Female Physicians

A recent review of nearly 582,000 heart attack cases over the span of 19 years found that female patients had a significantly higher survival rate when treated by a female physician in the emergency ...
WRAL

Do women heart attack patients fare better with female doctors?

Doctors have long known that heart attack symptoms can be more difficult to recognize in women than in men. There has also been research suggesting that patients treated by female physicians may be ...
fox6now

'Very blessed:' Milwaukee woman, youngest female bypass patient in the world, promotes heart health

MILWAUKEE -- Heart disease is the number one killer in our country. Statistics show someone has a heart attack every 40 seconds. A Milwaukee woman is spreading awareness after making history and ...
Harvard Business School

Think You’re Having a Heart Attack? If You’re a Woman, Insist on a Female Physician, Says New Study by Harvard Business School Professor and Colleagues

BOSTON—If you’re a woman and having a heart attack (what’s called in medical parlance an “acute myocardial infarction” or AMI), do your best to make sure you’re treated by a female physician. It’s ...