Today I want to update you about something incredibly common, and will likely have touched many of our lives one way or other: coronary artery disease. There’s so much to say it’s hard to know where to start, as there were so many related sessions presented at the European Society of Cardiology meeting.
Let’s start with diagnosis. The latest guidelines are keen to point out that not all patients will present with the same symptoms, that doctors should be aware of this, and not necessarily discount the diagnosis if a person does not have what might be considered ‘typical’ symptoms. Women, and diabetics, for example, often may have other symptoms such as breathlessness, indigestion, nausea, vomiting and even sleep disturbance!
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