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Women and Heart Disease
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Think You’re Having a Heart Attack? Call 9-1-1 Immediately.

Discomfort, fullness, squeezing, pressure or pain in your chest, or unexplained extreme fatigue – these are some of the symptoms women experience when having a heart attack More >>

What is Heart Help for Women?
It’s an empowering program that educates you and the medical community on heart health and connects you with a doctor specially trained to recognize and treat women’s heart issues. More >>

Heart Disease—Your Greatest Health Risk!
Find out why heart disease – not breast cancer – should be your No. 1 health concern. More >>

Think it’s Indigestion? Better Be Safe Than Sorry.
Here are warning signs women can’t ignore – and the gold standard of treatment your heart can’t afford not to get. More >>

Know Your Numbers
Whether you’re trying to control or prevent heart disease, it’s important to know your numbers like blood pressure and cholesterol. More >>

Heart Tests for Women
Which screening and diagnostic tests are most important for YOU? More >>

Other Heart Attack Symptons
When it comes to a heart attack, men and women aren’t the same. More >>

She Survived Breast Cancer and an Irregular Heartbeat
Elizabeth Funk of Perkasie is grateful for life-saving technology that helps her heart beat steady More >>

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A: In this condition, cholesterol plaque spreads evenly within the walls of the arteries rather than forming major blockages. The condition has been called by different names-hidden heart disease, microvascular syndrome, endothelial dysfunction, syndrome X.

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