Women May Need Different Heart Treatment
September 3rd, 2007 By MARIA CHENG, AP Medical Writer(AP) -- Women with heart problems may need to be treated differently than men, doctors said Monday. Research presented at the annual European Society of Cardiology meeting in Vienna suggested that surgeries which typically save men's lives can be deadly for women.
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