ACC CardiaCast: Women are Not Little Men: Finding the Right Tools for Evaluating Chest Pain in Women (Part II)

"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. Marcelo DiCarli and Odayme Quesada discuss the diagnosis and management of the full spectrum of ischemic heart disease in women through the lens of multimodality imaging. In particular they highlight the pivotal role of stress cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and quantitative positron emission tomography perfusion imaging to diagnose microvascular disease.      Suggested Materials:    Samuels BA, Shah SM, Widmer RJ, et al. Comprehensive management of ANOCA, part 1—definition, patient population, and diagnosis: JACC State-of-the-Art Review. J Am Coll Cardiol 2023;82:1245–63.   Smilowitz N, Prasad M, Widmer RJ, et al. Comprehensive management of ANOCA, part 2—program development, treatment, and research initiatives: JACC State-of-the-Art Review. J Am Coll Cardiol 2023;82:1264–79.  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. J Am Coll Cardiol 2021;78:2218-61.   Subscribe to CardiaCast |  

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