GENDER DIFFERENCES IN HEART ATTACKS
FEMALE: PLAQUE
BLOCKAGE IN SMALLER
BLOOD VESSELS
Not only do men and women show different
symptoms when having a heart attack because
of blood vessel blockages, they tend to have
different underlying causes for it. Until re-
cently, tests for heart disease were geared
MALE: PLAQUE
BLOCKAGE IN
LARGER BLOOD
VESSELS
toward detecting large blockages, which
worked well for men but failed to detect
problems in women who were at risk of
having a heart attack.
DIFFERENT SYMPTOMS
Dizziness
Cold sweat -
Shortness
f breath
Indigestion - -
Sources:
PUBLICATIONS;
Unusual
-•-fa#gue
Sleeping
problems
8
Shortness
• Of breath
Chest
- pam
Discomfort
in upper
body
VIRGINIA HUXLEY, RESEARCH SCIENTIST,