Is sex bias the reason fewer women get pacemakers?
A major study across NSW hospitals finds big disparities between treatment for male and female cardiac patients
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Implantable electronic devices are consistently underused in women with heart disease compared with men, an Australian cohort study shows.
Sydney cardiologists have warned that eligible women are nearly 60% less likely to receive cardiac devices than male patients — and that this is likely because of systemic sex bias.