Are Heart Symptoms Missed in Women?
But cardiologist Nieca Goldberg, MD, warns that ruling out a cardiac cause, especially among women, is easier said than done. Women are more likely than men to have noncardiac chest pain. But they are also more likely to have heart diseaseheart disease-related chest pain that is not picked up by conventional diagnostic tests. A coronary angiogram can miss a potentially life-threatening disorder called microvascular disease. In that disorder smaller arteries that supply blood to the heart may have plaque deposits that are spread out rather than form a major blockage.
