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Women Fare Worse Than Men After Bypass


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"One question women should ask themselves is whom can they look to after surgery to give them the kind of moral and physical support they need," she says.

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Interesting statistics about the differences between men and women who have heart disease can be found at the Society for Womens Health Research (www.womens-health.org). The Mayo Clinic offers an explanation of who is a candidate for coronary bypass surgery (www.mayoclinic.com).

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SOURCES: Barbara Phillips-Bute, Ph.D., assistant research professor, department of anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C.; Sherry Marts, Ph.D., vice president of scientific affairs, Society for Women's Health Research, Washington, D.C.; Nov. 24, 2003, Psychosomatic Medicine


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