Posted by National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases on December 10th, 2007 at 04:02pm
Chest pain is still the most common sign of a heart attack for
most women, although studies have shown that women are more likely
than men to have symptoms other than chest pain or discomfort when
experiencing a heart attack or other form of acute coronary syndrome
(ACS), according to an article "Symptom Presentation of Women
With Acute Coronary Syndromes -- Myth vs. Reality" published
online Dec. 10 in the . The
study was funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
(NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health.
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