(COLUMBUS, Ohio) – The American Heart Association has published an 87-page scientific statement, outlining the unique risks, symptoms and types of heart attacks women can experience. This is the first time a comprehensive document has been developed with female-specific information on heart attacks.
“Over the last decade or two we’ve begun to realize that women’s hearts are different than men’s, but we hadn’t compiled a list about what makes their symptoms, treatments and types of heart attacks different,” said Dr. Laxmi Mehta, a primary author of the document and the clinical director of the Women’s Cardiovascular Health Program at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. “This statement now provides a go-to document for physicians and healthcare providers that they can reference when caring for female patients before, during and after a heart attack.”
