Clinical features, risk factors, and referral delay in British patients of Indian and European origin with angina matched for age and extent of coronary atheroma.

Abstract

* Medical abortion, using mifepristone and gemeprost, is a safe and effective alternative to surgical vacuum aspiration * Up to a third ofthe 200 000 induced abortions performed in Britain each year could be under- taken medically * In this study 20% of women preferred to use medical abortion and 26% vacuum aspiration; the remainder were willing to use either method * Women who prefer to use a particular method should be allowed their choice if acceptability is to be maximised * Women who are unsure which method to use are likely to find vacuum aspiration more accept- able at gestations of over 50 days' amenorrhoea