Women and Cardiac Syndrome X
The reasons why women are more prone than men to develop a syndrome X condition are still not clear for doctors. However, it is believed that hormones along with other risk factors unique to women play a very important role. The constant changing of the estrogen levels may be one of the reasons along with the changes brought by birth.
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