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The Yentl Syndrome is the different course of action that heart attacks usually follow for women than for men. This is a problem because much of medical research has focused primarily on symptoms of male heart attacks, and many women have died due to misdiagnosis because their symptoms present differently. The name is taken from the 1983 film Yentl starring Barbra Streisand in which her character plays the role of a male in order to receive the education she desires. The phrase was coined in a 1991 academic paper by Dr. Bernadine Healy titled "The Yentl syndrome." References- {{Cite web | last = Bairey Merz | first = C. Noel | title = The Yentl syndrome and gender inequality in ischemic HD | publisher = Cardiology Today | date = August 2011 | url = http://www.healio.com/cardiology/news/print/cardiology-today/%7B7cff01d6-0b82-4d2e-a3c9-aea61a5c61ad%7D/the-yentl-syndrome-and-gender-inequality-in-ischemic-hd | accessdate = 24 November 2014 }}
- {{Citation | last = Healy | first = Bernadine | authorlink = Bernadine Healy | title = The Yentl Syndrome | journal = New England Journal of Medicine | volume = 325 | issue = 4 | pages = 274–276 | date = 25 July 1991 | doi = 10.1056/NEJM199107253250408 | pmid=2057027}}
- {{Cite AV media | last = Bairey Merz | first = C. Noel | title = The single biggest health threat women face | publisher = TEDxWomen | medium = Video Lecture | date = December 2011 | url = http://www.ted.com/talks/noel_bairey_merz_the_single_biggest_health_threat_women_face#t-11169 }}
- {{Cite journal | last = Orth-Gomer | first = Kristina | title = New light on the Yentl syndrome | journal = European Heart Journal | volume = 21 | issue = 11 | pages = 874–875 | year = 2000 | url = https://www.barbrastreisand.com/sites/bstreisand/files/YentlSyndrome.pdf | doi = 10.1053/euhj.1999.2025 | accessdate = 24 November 2014 | pmid=10806007}}
- {{Citation | last = Thomas | first = Carolyn | title = Yentl Syndrome: cardiology's gender gap is alive and well | publisher = Heart Sisters | date = 17 April 2013 | url = http://myheartsisters.org/2013/04/17/yentl-syndrome/ | accessdate = 25 November 2014 }}
- {{Citation | title = Yentl's syndrome | publisher = Whonamedit? | accessdate = 25 November 2014 | url = http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/2850.html }}
External links- C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD
- {{Citation | title = Heart Attack Symptoms in Women | publisher = American Heart Association | accessdate = 25 November 2014 | url = http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/HeartAttack/WarningSignsofaHeartAttack/Heart-Attack-Symptoms-in-Women_UCM_436448_Article.jsp }}
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