Doctors less likely to address secondary condition in women during heart surgery - UPI.com

You're getting heart surgery, but your surgeon notices a new anomaly that perhaps could be fixed at the same time.

That's more likely to happen if you're a man than a woman, new studies find.

The findings came as little surprise to lead researcher Dr. Catherine Wagner, an integrated thoracic surgery resident at University of Michigan (UM) Health.

"Across the spectrum of cardiovascular care, from medical management to transcatheter and surgical procedures, there is growing evidence that women are under-treated," she said in a UM news release.

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