Congenital heart disease may hurt men more than women in job participation

摘要

To the Editor: Gender disparities are seen in all different kinds of socio-economic fields where women still more likely have socio-economic disadvantage than men and therefore receive increasing attention [1], Several studies have shown that despite the dramatic improvement in survival, adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) are still in social arrears with higher rates of unemployment compared to the general population [2-4]. We fear that the current focus on women in cardiovascular disease may lead to insufficient attention for specific problems in CHD, especially among men [2,5].