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Women and Heart Disease The Hidden Epidemic

Women and Heart Disease The Hidden Epidemic jaamt240107 1/19/05 5:57 AM Page 27 Women and Heart Disease The Hidden Epidemic Warren D. Johnston, MD, FACC, FACP Interestingly, if one examines how people pres- f you are a woman, it would not be surprising ent with coronary artery disease for the first time, if you believed that cancer, specifically breast one will find that 25% of those individuals experi- I cancer, is the biggest threat to your future ence sudden death. Fifty percent of individuals will health. It also would not be surprising if you experience a heart attack (myocardial infarction) believed that heart disease was largely a man’s with irreversible heart damage. Only 25% of people disease. Wrong and wrong! The truth is that your present with angina, ie, chest discomfort, warning biggest health risk is indeed heart disease. them of the presence of this lethal disease. This is Furthermore, heart disease is more of a risk for a disease process that begins early in life, often in women than for men. In this article, the author the first decade, and can proceed inexorably tries to bring you up to speed with the epidemic of through life leading to sudden death, as men- heart disease in http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of the American Association for Medical Transcription Wolters Kluwer Health

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jaamt240107 1/19/05 5:57 AM Page 27 Women and Heart Disease The Hidden Epidemic Warren D. Johnston, MD, FACC, FACP Interestingly, if one examines how people pres- f you are a woman, it would not be surprising ent with coronary artery disease for the first time, if you believed that cancer, specifically breast one will find that 25% of those individuals experi- I cancer, is the biggest threat to your future ence sudden death. Fifty percent of individuals will health. It also would not be surprising if you experience a heart attack (myocardial infarction) believed that heart disease was largely a man’s with irreversible heart damage. Only 25% of people disease. Wrong and wrong! The truth is that your present with angina, ie, chest discomfort, warning biggest health risk is indeed heart disease. them of the presence of this lethal disease. This is Furthermore, heart disease is more of a risk for a disease process that begins early in life, often in women than for men. In this article, the author the first decade, and can proceed inexorably tries to bring you up to speed with the epidemic of through life leading to sudden death, as men- heart disease in

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Published: Feb 1, 2005

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