Heart Disease and Women

February is American Heart Month. “Although heart disease is sometimes thought of as a ‘man’s disease,’ it is the leading cause of death for both women and men in the United States.”  American Heart Month begins with National Wear Red Day, part of a movement sponsored by the American Heart Association to emphasize what women must do to improve their heart health.

Comprehensive medical works on cardiovascular disease are classed in 616.1 Diseases of cardiovascular system, on heart disease in 616.12 Diseases of heart.  Comprehensive medical works focusing on women are classed in 616.10082 Cardiovascular disease in women (built with 616.1 plus extra 0, following pattern at 008 History and description with respect to kinds of persons in add table at 616.1-616.9 Specific diseases, plus T1—082 Women) and 616.120082 Heart disease in women (built with 616.12 plus extra 0, following pattern at 008 in add table at 616.1-616.9, plus T1—082).  Examples are Cardiovascular Disease in Women and Women & Heart Disease.

Comments

[Cyndee Haydon]

Thank you for that reminder - coming from a family of people who have suffered from heart attacks at 45 I've got to send more time focused on this.

[Hume]

Your's are true facts....

[Alexis Kenne]

Doctors now know that heart disease is so deadly for women that their chances of dying from it are one in two. That means basically that either you or your best girlfriend is likely to die of a heart attack, stroke , or related heart problem. Doctors have traditionally used a one-size-fits-all approach to identifying and diagnosing heart disease. In this view, women often lack the “classic” signs of reduced blood flow to part of the heart, a condition known as ischemia. Doctors and patients often attribute chest pains in women to noncardiac causes, leading to misinterpretation of their condition. Men usually experience crushing chest pain during a heart attack.

[Vitallywell]

It is important that women realize the statistics of heart disease and affected women. Women have their own risk factors that increase their chances of developing heart disease.

[Wholesale costume jewelry fan]

Thank you for articles like this. Much too many women neglect their health their entire lives and concentrate on raising a family and attending to everyone else. The statistics are scary and women need to be aware before it's too late.

[Frank]

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[Heart Disease]

Great post. Very informative and helpful for women who really wont care their health.

[bariatric surgery]

Pretty great information to know.Interesting study, but I’m curious about the medication aspect of the various groups. Could the variations in the outcomes have more to do with pharmaceutical therapy as opposed to the group dynamic?