According to the American Heart Association, someone in the U.S. suffers from a heart attack every 40 seconds. In fact, a heart doctor told News 4, heart disease is the number one killer of women.

“We have much smaller vessels in our heart,” says Dr. McSweeney, who was among the first to zero in on women’s heart attack symptoms in a 2003 study, published in the journal Circulation.

Heart attack symptoms vary between men and women because of key biological and physiological differences. “A woman’s heart isn’t just a smaller version of a man’s heart,” says Dr. Grayver.

Heart Attack Symptoms Look Different in Women—6 Signs That Fly Under the Radar They're not always the chest-clutching symptoms you might expect. Photo: Getty Images / Jajah-sireenut ...

Heart attack symptoms in women often radiate beyond the chest area, affecting the jaw, neck, or upper back. This discomfort frequently gets misattributed to stress or muscle strain.

Here, six important heart attack symptoms women need to know: 1. Neck, jaw, shoulder or upper back pain A study in the journal Circulation found these symptoms were significantly more common among ...

Nearly 45% of women ages 20 and older are living with some form of cardiovascular disease, according to the American Heart Association. Learn what to watch out for.

Chest pain The most common heart attack symptom for women (and men) is chest pain. “About 90% of women and men have chest pain when they’re having a heart attack,” says Lee.

Sweating, nausea, dizziness and unusual fatigue may not sound like typical heart attack symptoms. However, they are common for women and may occur more often when resting or asleep.

According to the 2024 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics: A Report of U.S. and Global Data From the American Heart Association, someone in the U.S. has a heart attack approximately every 40 seconds.

February is heart health month. Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer of women. While we often see heart attacks portrayed in movies or on TV as a sudden onset of chest pains, that's not ...

According to the American Heart Association, someone in the U.S. suffers from a heart attack every 40 seconds. In fact, a heart doctor told News 4, heart disease is the number one killer of women. … ...