Moderate diets best in long run Archived stories Heart disease different in women Heart disease in women appears to be vastly different than heart disease in men.
Symptoms vary, it strikes later in life, and, most alarmingly, it often goes unrecognised.
The differences between men and women are more than just oestrogen and hormones,'' said Dr Noel Bairey-Merz, who chairs a scientific committee of the Women's Ischemic Syndrome Evaluation. Dr Carl Pepine, on the misconception that women are just like men The federally funded project and other research efforts are shedding light on why current diagnostic tests often fail to detect problems in women with heart disease. The tests, like many treatments, have been designed for men. I think for years we had the misperception that women were just like men,'' said Dr Carl Pepine, a University of Florida cardiologist and a researcher with the federal project. We tried to force them into the same patterns and test findings we had become accustomed to over a century with men.'' Among the most promising developments is the realisation that women with chest pain, called angina, often do not have the clogged arteries found in men with chest pain.