Medical News Summary: Diabetic women don’t fare as well as diabetic men following a stenting procedure
About: Diabetic women don’t fare as well as diabetic men following a stenting procedure
Date: 27 December 2004
Source: Reuters Health
Medical News Summary (summary of medical news story as reported by Reuters Health): Diabetic women are more likely to suffer re-clogging of arteries following a coronary artery stent than diabetic men. Thus, woman would probably benefit more from coronary bypass surgery and anti-platelet drugs or drug-eluting stents to avoid re-clogging of arteries. Six months after stenting, diabetic women faced a 50% greater risk of arterial re-clogging than nondiabetic women whereas there was no such difference when diabetic men were compared to nondiabetic men. The increased risk of blood clots in women may be due to the effect diabetes has on menopause-related vascular alterations.
URL: http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=healthNews&storyID=7224615
Related Disease Topics: Arterial disease, Atherosclerosis, Coronary disease, Heart disease, Blood clot, Diabetes, Menopause
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- Research and arterial disease
- research and atherosclerosis
- Research and coronary disease
- research and heart disease
- Research and blood clot
- research and diabetes
- research and menopause
- Surgery
- Surgery and arterial disease
- Surgery and atherosclerosis
- Surgery and coronary disease
- Surgery and heart disease
- Surgery and blood clot
- Surgery and diabetes
- Surgery and menopause
- Risk
- Risk and arterial disease
- risk and atherosclerosis
- Risk and coronary disease
- risk and heart disease
- Risk and blood clot
- risk and diabetes
- risk and menopause
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