Stark inequalities in diagnosis and treatment of four of the most common heart conditions in the UK have been revealed in new research. The research, published today in The Lancet Regional Health – Europe , shows that women are less likely than men to undergo coronary angiograms, a crucial procedure to look inside their heart's arteries, after a heart attack, and are less likely to be prescribed preventative treatments that can help ward off future heart attacks. It also highlights an estimated 500 potentially avoidable deaths in the UK each year among patients waiting for treatment for aortic stenosis, a narrowing of the heart's aortic valve which restricts blood flow around the body.

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