Women suffering sudden cardiac arrest have lower prevalence of structural heart disease than men

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - 07:35 in Health & Medicine

A woman who suffers sudden cardiac arrest is significantly less likely than a man to exhibit the decrease in the heart's pumping ability that is widely recognized as a precursor, says a new study in the Nov. 24 Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

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