Revised heart attack definition could improve diagnoses for women
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They are more likely than men to show warning signs.
The immediate symptom of a heart attack is severe chest pain. However, heart attack symptoms in women are often not as obvious. Women may ignore some symptoms, thinking they are due to normal fatigue, stress, aging, or changes caused by menopause.
New heart attack definition could improve diagnosis for women - Health Care Today
Under the new definition, heart attacks classified into 3 clinical settings: Primary myocardial infarction Primary myocardial infarction occurs spontaneously because of a problem involving a coronary artery, which is the artery that supplies blood to the heart. Typically, this can occur due to a blood clot, but other causes may include: spontaneous coronary artery dissection, or SCAD coronary artery spasm coronary embolism certain problems invo…
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