Background: Coronary artery disease (CAD) has emerged as a major health burden in developing countries. Acute coronary syndrome is composed of patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) with ST segment elevation on their presenting electrocardiogram (STEMI) and those with unstable angina (UA) and non-ST-segment elevation MI (NSTEMI). Many recent reports concluded that women with CAD have a worse prognosis than men and also with regards to invasive interventions when compared to men.At any given age the prevalence of CAD is greater in men when compared to women. Nonetheless, many recent reports concluded that women with CAD have a worse prognosis than men with this disease. We review various observational articles, clinical studies, outcomes of ACS in various studies from electronic databases (PUBMED and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials) for potentially relevant articles comparing various studies. The aim of this review is to study whether there is any significant difference between the clinical profile and outcomes in male and female patients with ACS.
