More Ontario women die of heart failure than men, according to a study

Women with Heart Failure in Ontario are More Likely to Be Hospitalized and Dying than men, according to a five-year study highlighting the need for more research.

that we do well in men we do not do well in women, that's why we really need to raise awareness about this, "said Dr. Louise Sun, one of the leading researchers in the study published in the Canadian Medical Journal of the Association

Sun, cardiac anesthesiologist and clinical epidemiologist, and cardiologist, Lisa Mielniczuk, of the Institute of Cardiology of the University of Å 39, Ottawa, have reviewed the records of more than 90,000 patients diagnosed with heart failure in Ontario, including patients

The study followed newly diagnosed people with heart failure over five years of 2009 to 2013. In the year following diagnosis, 16.8% (7,156) of women died compared to 14.9% (7,138) of men.

Overall, mortality rates decreased in both bades, but remained higher among women, said Dr. Mielniczuk.

"Mortality from heart failure in women does not improve. to the same extent as in men, "she said." We did not expect to see such a marked difference between the bades. "

The study also found 98 women per 1000 have was hospitalized in 2013 while the number was lower in men at 91 per 1000 men.

Heart failure is a chronic condition and is different from a heart attack.The heart does not pump for meet the needs of the body in case of heart failure, and common signs include fatigue, shortness of breath and swelling of the legs.The patient may have had a heart attack, but not always be diagnosed with heart failure, which is the most common reason for patients to be hospitalized after age 65, said Dr. Mielniczuk.

This is one of the first studies to take The Dr. Sun added that women were suffering from another type of insufflation heart failure than patients who had not been hospitalized originally. Sun said. "The type of heart failure in women is harder to diagnose and harder to treat."

Sometimes, in men and women, the functioning of the heart in an ultrasound looks good, but they have heart failure. Sun says that men often come with heart failure after a heart attack and the ultrasound shows that pumping the heart is not normal. In women, they often have not had a heart attack and heart function may seem correct even if they have heart failure, she said.

The mortality and hospitalization rate may be higher because women are not diagnosed early. . For example, women might be mislabeled as having a lung disease because they are out of breath, says Dr. Sun.

Physicians and women need to be more aware of the differences found by the study and consider the possibility of heart failure when symptoms emerge, she said.

The study is the first of a series of studies. Next, the researchers will examine the differences between men and women in health, access to care and react differently to drugs.

Cardiologist Dr. Kushal Dighe, director of the Cardiac Catheterization Lab at the Windsor Regional Hospital, said he was not surprised by the results. He said the research has not been able to define a reason for the higher mortality rates for women who are also emerging in studies on heart attacks.

"Probably as a society, we do not understand that women could have a heart attack, either good or heart failure," he said. "We attribute this to a male disease, but that's not true."

Dr. Dighe said that another factor is that women have a lot of things on their plate and can minimize some of their symptoms because they are so busy. Studies show that women in their forties and fifties do not seek help because they think it is something else, he says.

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