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To the Editor: The article by Mark et al. (April 21 issue)¹ provides further evidence of variability in the diagnostic evaluation of women and men with known or suspected coronary artery disease. On the surface, the results of these authors appear to contradict data recently reported from our institution².

In our study, 391 women and 449 men referred for the noninvasive evaluation of possible coronary artery disease had similar rates of abnormalities on stress testing, nuclear perfusion imaging, or both (19 percent vs. 22 percent, P not significant). The male cohort subsequently underwent significantly more diagnostic testing (62 percent . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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