Humanising Healthcare podcast - "Sex, Gender and Cardiovascular Outcomes"

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In this edition:

Manasi is joined by Dr Tetiana Lunova, a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Imperial College London. In this episode, ‘Sex, Gender and Cardiovascular Outcomes', they discuss patient experiences, the impact of differing symptoms in men and women that can lead to delays in treatment, and how current research can address this issue. 

Dr Tetiana Lunova is a Postdoctoral Research Associate within the North West London Patient Safety Research Collaboration (PSRC) at Imperial College London. Previously based in the School of Basic & Medical Biosciences, King’s College London Tetiana investigated mechanisms, risk factors and response to treatment of Long-Covid and focused on gender differences in cardiovascular disease. 

Manasi Nandi

Reader in Integrative Pharmacology

Manasi is a scientist and educator based within the Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine. Her interdisciplinary research focuses on the extraction of new information from vital signs data, aiding research and clinical decision making, and identifying earlier alerts of disease. She has expertise in medicine discovery and development and the translation of laboratory findings into clinical practice. She is a fellow of the British Pharmacological Society, most recently supporting efforts to embed inclusive principles into the national curriculum. Inclusivity and accessibility are at the core of her teaching and research practice. She is the Development, Diversity and Inclusion lead for the School and Cancer and Pharmaceutical Science, supporting EDI activities at Faculty and College level. She launched the Humanising Healthcare seminar series in 2023.

Reading List – Podcasts

Episode 3: Sex, Gender and Cardiovascular Outcomes

• Gender Differences in Treatment Delays, Management and Mortality among Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis - PMC (nih.gov)

• Delayed Care and Mortality Among Women and Men With Myocardial Infarction - PMC (nih.gov)

• How Do Myocardial Infarction Symptoms Differ Between Women and Men? - The Cardiology Advisor

• Sex Differences in Symptom Presentation in Acute Coronary Syndromes: A Systematic Review and Meta‐analysis | Journal of the American Heart Association (ahajournals.org)

• Women having a heart attack wait longer than men to get help (escardio.org)

• Basis for sex-dependent outcomes in acute coronary syndrome - PubMed (nih.gov)

• Living arrangements as determinants of myocardial infarction incidence and survival: A prospective register study of over 300,000 Finnish men and women - PubMed (nih.gov)