Heart Disease

Small Vessel Heart Disease: Mostly a Concern for Women

Published in Women's Health Weekly, October 18th, 2007

Coronary artery disease may take a different course in men and women, which may explain why the rate of death for women has declined more slowly than for men, according to the Mayo Clinic Health Letter.

Several landmark studies published in the last year indicate that more women than men suffer from microvascular, or small vessel, heart disease, where the heart's tiniest vessels become clogged or narrowed, limiting blood supply to the heart.

These tiny clogged vessels don't show up on standard diagnostic tests, and doctors may assume that symptoms such as fatigue, light-headedness, or chest, neck or shoulder pain are caused by something other than...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2007-10-18)

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