Table 1.

Gender differences in profile and management

	Male N = 80	Female N = 65
Etiology
Previous Myocardial Infarction	66%	35% ††
Hypertension	58%	55%
Diabetes Mellitus	41%	33%
Median LVEF	3	2 ††
History of CABG or PTCA	41%	20% †††
Coronary Artery Disease	70%	37% †
Diagnostic Investigations
Echo/MUGA	85%	69% †††
Echo/MUGA (patients with CAD)	84%	83%
Echo/MUGA (patients with no CAD)	88%	61%†††
Cardiac Catheterization	25%	22%
Triage
Cardiology Ward	48%	37%
CCU/ICU	39%	32%
†Monitored Bed	59%	40% †††

†p < 0.001, †p < 0.01, ††† p < 0.005