Women experience different symptoms than men when it comes to heart disease. They're also more likely to get misdiagnosed, as experienced by California mom Mika Leah, who had a "widowmaker" blockage in her artery that caused symptoms initially attributed
Heart diseaseis the leading cause of death among women in the United States, killing more than 300,000 every year — yet only about half of women are aware of the risks, signs and symptoms of heart attacks. On National Wear Red Day, which is observed on Feb. 2 to raise awareness for ...
Heart disease may be considered by some to be more of a problem for men. However, it's the most common cause of death for both women and men in the United States. Because some heart disease symptoms in women can differ from those in men, women may not know what to look for. Heart ...
Finally, the roles of WHPs in education (clinical training programs and public awareness campaigns) and research in women with CVD are briefly discussed. The overarching goal of WHPs is to improve cardiovascular outcomes for women, through an enhanced awareness of sex-specific symptoms, ...
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After studying the data, the researchers discovered that a significant number of the participants had not been diagnosed with heart disease. However, they did have subclinical obstructive coronary atherosclerosis – a type of heart disease without symptoms, but is linked to more than an eight-fold ...
While women may experience the classic heart disease symptoms men experience, women are more likely to experience back pain and indigestion, making it harder to diagnose or detect a heart attack. Small vessel disease, which can lead to a heart attack, is also more common in women. This condit...
We report maternal and foetal outcomes in 50 pregnant women with heart disease admitted to the Department of Cardiology of the University of Dakar, during an 8-year period. Results Rheumatic heart disease was observed in 46 women, seven of whom had previously been operated on. Among the remaini...
Broken heart syndrome symptoms are similar to those of a heart attack. If have pain in your chest, you should seek immediate medical attention. (Photo credit: LaylaBird) How did the broken heart syndrome get its name? Much of the early research into this condition came from Japan, where it...
Previous national educational advocacy programs improved awareness of heart disease as a major health risk for women, yet that awareness has decreased over the past decade. A 2019 survey found that most women were unable to identify the signs or symptoms of a heart attack, with recognition lowest...