Heart attack symptoms in women that doctors miss

WOMEN aged 55 or under complaining of heart attack symptoms are more likely to be told they aren’t heart-related.

In a study by the Yale School of Public Health in the US researchers analysed data from 2,009 women and 976 men who’d been hospitalised for acute myocardial infarction, the medical name for heart attack.

Although most patients reported chest pain as their main symptom, the women were more likely to complain of other signs, such as indigestion, arm and jaw pain and shortness of breath. Other studies found older women had similar problems.