Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute
A world first international study is set to change the way we understand heart attacks in women. In Australia, it is estimated that approximately 50,000 women suffer from heart attack or other “acute coronary events” each year.
The collaborative research, spanning three continents and involving more than 15 years of work, compared hundreds of male and female patients with coronary heart disease – the leading cause of heart attack.
In this exciting breakthrough, for the first time scientists were able to apply cutting-edge “systems biology” approaches to pinpoint major molecular and genetic differences arising between men and women at high risk of having a heart attack.