Smarter Heart University Radio episode 5 August 15, 2010
Women do not really get heart disease that much, right? Wrong!
Heart disease in women is increasing. Discover the reasons, and what you can do about it.
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There are many symptoms of heart diseases that can be different from the normal chest pain signs that occur in men. Women may have signs that are unrelated to chest pain. There could be shortness of breath, nasea or vomiting, sweating and neck, shoulder, upper back or abdominal discomfort.
As stated during the show, women get what you have perfectly described 70%what we called the “female” pattern of angina. Men only get it 30% this way
The signs and symptoms are more subtle than the obvious crushing chest pain often associated with heart attacks. his may be because women tend to have blockages not only in their main arteries, but also in the smaller arteries that supply blood to the heart, a condition called small vessel heart disease.
http://www.womenhealthcenter.net/heart-disease-in-women.html
Excellent commentary and excellent website I must add as well! The term “microvascular” angina applies to women, diabetic and very overweight people. Its like the 3 main arteries are the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans which go out to rivers which go out to streams. It is as if someone poured a bunch of rocks and bricks damming up the streams: eventually it affects the oceans!
So what do you do if you think you have a problem (heart-related) yet the HR is normal (except for a spike every couple of months to over 165 accompanied by similar rise in BO)…..tests are normal (including Nuclear stress test).
Unless you are monitored during that time period, there would be no way to determine what that rhythm is…Otherwise invasive electrical testing would have to be performed.
My 27 year old daughter was rushed to community hospital with chest pains. The triage nurse claimed she did not fit the “heart attack” triage…and we waited over twenty minutes to be seen. Finally I demanded she be seen.
She had extreme weakness, felt like vomiting..pain in chest and could not breath in, had to breath lightly because of the pain. Two yrs previous she had same thing but then passed out. Was seen by a cardio from Deborah…gave her high blood pressure meds…
The dr. at the er last nite there did an ekg, blood work, and said her heart is ok…but symptoms did not fit his diagnosis..he claimed to much acid in her stomach?
Joanne that is EXACTLY what we discussed yesterday on our Women and Heart Disease update! The most important thing that should be done for your daughter is to establish her level of risk at 27. At 25 she was diagnosed with Hypertension? What else- cholesterol, smoking, diabetes, weight, or early Family History? Thats where it has to start. I certainly hope she will have an outpatient workup so another ER visit can be avoided. Hope this helps.