{"id":9902,"date":"2019-02-06T00:00:37","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T05:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hancockregionalhospital.org\/?p=9902"},"modified":"2019-02-06T00:00:37","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T05:00:37","slug":"heart-disease-risk-factors-for-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/fr\/2019\/02\/heart-disease-risk-factors-for-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Heart Disease Risk Factors for Women"},"content":{"rendered":"
Picture a person who\u2019s having a heart attack. Is the person in your mental picture a man or a woman? Heart disease is the leading killer of women\u2014as it is of men. However, TV and movies depict men, mostly, suffering chest-clutching heart attack symptoms that send them straight to the hospital\u2014or the morgue.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why the American Heart Association created cette vid\u00e9o<\/a> starring Elizabeth Banks. As is often the case, it\u2019s impossible to tell the moment when her character\u2019s heart attack actually begins. She powers through the earliest warning signs, which is also common. It\u2019s a good reminder that women may experience heart attack warning signs differently.<\/a><\/p>\n

Some people, especially women, experience widespread narrowing of the arteries<\/a> without any actual blockages. And so-called silent heart attacks<\/a>\u2014where symptoms go completely ignored\u2014still indicate significant heart disease in those who suffer them. By the time these invisible symptoms are discovered, it could be too late for noninvasive treatments.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why men and women alike should consider the benefits of a cardiac CT, or heart scan,<\/a> which detects the calcified plaque that can build up in coronary arteries. And women need to understand their heart disease risk factors.<\/p>\n

Universal Heart Disease Risks<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Both women and men should know the universal factors that put them at greater risk for heart disease:<\/p>\n