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| Women’s and Men’s Heart Attack Symptoms: What’s the Difference? |
| James Beckerman, MD, FACC |
| 2/3/2010 |
| Women and men may come from Venus and Mars, but Heart Month should remind us all that we have more in common sometimes than we might think - particularly where our hearts are concerned. Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in women and men worldwide. The statistics are eye-opening – one in three women will develop cardiovascular disease, and 1 in 17 women in the U.S. will have a heart attack or hospitalization for heart disease before age 60. For men, the numbers are similarly sobering – more than one in three adult males have some form of heart disease. We are used to thinking about the telltale signs of heart attacks based upon many years of research and clinical observation of what men have experienced – chest discomfort, arm and back pain, and shortness of breath top the list. But more recently, doctors and their patients are recognizing that women may experience heart attacks differently. Read full article |
| Additional Information: http://blogs.webmd.com/heart-disease/2010/01/womens-and-mens-heart-attack-symptoms.html |