Delay costs lives. New treatments, if given quickly, can stop a heart attack in progress. These treatments work best if given within an hour of the first warning signs. We know, though, that women having such warning signs wait longer than men to call for help. No one knows exactly.
Many people wrongly think of heart attacks as a man s problem.
It s not just a man s problem. Heart attacks don t discriminate by gender. Heart attack is the number one cause of death among women. Women are more likely to die of heart attack than of any other cause. They are almost three times more likely to die of heart attack than breast cancer.