How is womens heart disease different? What are womens heart attack symptoms?
Did you know that nearly two-thirds of women who die suddenly of heart disease report NO PREVIOUS SYMPTOMS, as compared to half of the men who die suddenly of a heart attack?
In studies of women, the most frequently reported heart attack symptoms are:
Yes, for heart attacks, CHEST PAIN is the most common symptom, but women are more likely than men to experience other symptoms.
Women tend to experience instead:
Heart disease can sneak up on women in ways that standard cardiac tests can miss.
Nearly two-thirds of women who die suddenly of heart disease report no previous symptoms, for example, compared with half of men.
Surprises from WOMENS HEART DISEASE STUDY:
While overall heart disease deaths have been dropping in recent years, that improvement has been slower for women who face some unique issues.
From a report by the non-profit Society for Women’s Health Research and WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease, USA.
When women complain of what could be potential heart problems, studies show that they are investigated less thoroughly and treated less aggressively than men with heart attack symptoms.
WOMENS HEART DISEASE STUDY: A Swedish study, known as the Euro Heart Survey of Stable Angina, surveyed more than 3,500 patients with coronary heart disease, and found that:
Women were 20 percent less likely than men to be referred to an exercise stress test which is typically used to determine whether chest pain is due to heart disease.
Even women who were found to have SIGNIFICANT heart disease WERE STILL TREATED less AGGRESSIVELY THAN MEN.
Here's an unrecognized problem even by specialists:
Even if a test of major heart arteries finds no blockages, at-risk women still can have a serious problem -- something called coronary micro vascular disease that's less common in men.
When micro vascular disease is suspected, doctors can prescribe medications designed to make blood vessels relax and blood flow a bit better, while also intensively treating the woman's other cardiac risk factors.
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Does Lipitor have side effects for women? Before taking Lipitor as a woman, here is what you need to know:
And there is an increase in muscle aching linked to high doses.
In 2005 and 2006, large studies were published on the use of maximum-dose 80-mg Lipitor, the top-selling cholesterol-lowering statin drug, to prevent heart attacks and strokes.
This was a positive result, but NOT positive was the finding that MORE people taking high-dose Lipitor DIED FROM OTHER CAUSES!
In the 2006 study, high-dose Lipitor was barely better than placebo in preventing recurrent strokes, and just as many people died with high-dose Lipitor as with the placebo.
All in all, these findings have researchers question both the EFFECTIVENESS and SAFETY of high Lipitor dose -- especially the Lipitor side effects in women.
(New England Journal of Medicine 2005;352:1425-35 and 2006;355:549-559.)
The RISK FACTORS for a stroke are very similar to those of heart disease:
Of people worldwide who had a BLEEDING stroke or rupture (hemorrhagic) 73.6% had hypertension.
SOURCE: A worldwide study of 22 countries coordinated by the Population Health Research Institute: Authors Dr. Martin O’Donnell and Dr. Salim Yusuf, professors of the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine.
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CHOLESTEROL is no longer the big bad villain – it is just one of many indicators of heart disease symptoms or risk.
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