Asked to describe a typical heart attack, most people (including most doctors), would describe a man with crushing chest pain, probably with a background history of hypertension. But this traditional teaching, it turns out, is only telling us half the story. Cardiovascular disease is also the leading cause of death in women globally and, in the USA, leads to a similar number of deaths in men and women. The failure to recognise the prevalence of heart disease in women and the different set of symptoms in women (feeling generally unwell or unexplained weakness) during a heart attack contribute to delays in women seeking help and the loss of vital time in a cardiovascular emergency.
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