Women & Heart Disease: Know Your Risk Factors




The Dr. Leigh Vinocur Show show

Summary: What are the symptoms or signs of a heart attack in women? How do they differ from men? Who’s most at risk?February may be heart month, but heart disease occurs all year long, especially in women. The Go Red for Women and other campaigns have begun to bring more awareness to women and heart disease, but there is still a big hill to climb to disseminate this information and make it more readily available. Women possess very different signs and symptoms of heart disease than men. Learn these differences, as well as the unique risk factors.