The Chest Pain Center at Sequoia Hospital is one of the best facilities on the west coast for treating patients suffering from heart-related ailments. Heart attack symptoms can range from chest pain to jaw pain, nausea to fainting. Unfortunately, one of the most common symptoms experienced is a strong sense of denial. Call 911 if you think you are having a heart attack. And what that means is the faster a person receives treatment the better chance he or she will have to survive with a completely healthy heart.
Women are susceptible to heart attacks too, but women seem to be missing the message.
Recent surveys reveal that most women do not appreciate their risk of developing CHD and therefore, may not recognize certain lifestyle behaviors and physiologic factors that increase the risk of develory heart disease. Many people may associate breast cancer as being one of the primary causes of death amongst women, but in fact, more than half the women who die each year die from some heart-related disease. These comparisons are as true for a national trend as they are for the community that Sequoia Hospital serves. Nancy Caragee, director of quality at the hospital, learned that while Sequoia has been incredibly effective with treating patients, postmenopausal women aren't getting the message. The classic feeling of pain radiating down the arm and through the chest is not as common as discomfort in the chest.