Specialized women's heart clinic improves quality of life and reduces hospital encounters in patients with non-obstructive coronary syndromes

Myocardial infarction (MI) with no obstructive coronary arteries (MINOCA) or ischemia with no obstructive coronary arteries (INOCA) are more common in women than men and have been shown to carry worse major adverse cardiac outcomes for women. However, longitudinal studies of outcomes in women with (M)INOCA are lacking. Further, the impact on quality of life, incidence of hospital encounters, and other long-term outcomes after attending specialized women’s heart clinics (WHC) have not been well-studied in Canada.