Soft signal
When women have heart attacks, they don’t always experience them in the same way that men do. Rather than the classic symptom of crushing chest pain, they may have less obvious signs – feeling a bit off colour or dizzy, tired, breathless, sweaty or nauseous. It can be easy for women and their doctors to miss what is happening.
“Women are also less likely to ask for help,” says Gisborne cardiologist Gerry
