Heart Attack Symptoms in Women — Are they Different?

SOURCE: NIH News -- U.S. HHS   National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

DATE:  December 10, 2007

EXCERPT"  "Chest pain is still the most common sign of a heart attack for most women, although studies have shown that women are more likely than men to have symptoms other than chest pain or discomfort when experiencing a heart attack or other form of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) ..."  more

RELATED PUBMED LINK:

Canto JG, Goldberg RJ, Hand MM, Bonow RO, Sopko G, Pepine CJ, Long T. Symptom Presentation of Women With Acute Coronary Syndromes: Myth vs Reality. Arch Intern Med. 2007 Dec 10;167(22):2405-13.