If women and their doctors take womens heart attack symptoms more seriously, will fewer women die?
A. Frighteningly, women who suspected they were experiencing early warning signs in the months before their attacks had difficulty receiving a correct diagnosis — and heart-saving help — when they reported their symptoms to their doctors. Our aim is to significantly delay or prevent a heart attack. That’s crucial because when women have heart attacks, they are more likely than men to die, to be disabled for life, or to have a second heart attack. Anything we can do to prevent or delay a heart attack increases a woman’s chance of a longer, higher quality life.
