Don't worry that your signs may end up being a false alarm or a sign of some other condition. Not getting help could cost you your life. For women only Women are more likely to feel a vague chest discomfort, and not a sharp pain or tightness. Yet the attack may be more severe than it is with men. Symptoms of a heart attack should be taken seriously.
Women are usually older when they have their first heart attack.
Go to Question 1 for more on these and other risk factors for women. This question was prepared for the Canadian Health Network by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada .