Female Heart Attack Symptoms
Almost everyone is familiar with the “classic” symptoms of a heart attack but many people are unaware that female heart attack symptoms can be different making the condition harder to recognize in women.About Heart Attacks
Approximately 500 thousand people die each year from a heart attack in the United States.While traditionally heart disease was considered to be mostly a men’s disease, the number of women who succumb each year to heart disease is climbing rapidly and will soon reach the same level as men.
A heart attack is medically known as “myocardial infarction”. It is a condition that occurs when the supply of blood and oxygen is suddenly cut off from a section of the heart muscle, causing death of the heart tissue. The most commonly recognized symptom of a heart attack is sudden chest pain but women often do not have this symptom. Heart disease and heart attacks in women are often under diagnosed and inappropriately treated.
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