The VIRGO Study

Host: Michael Benson, MD

Guest: Judith Lichtman, PhD, MPH

Why do outcomes for younger women with heart disease (under the age of 55) have a greater lethality than in similarly aged men? Dr. Judith Lichtman discusses the VIRGO - Variation In Recovery: Role of Gender on Outcomes of Young AMI Patients - Study from the Yale University School of Medicine.