The Women's Heart Health Initiative is an AMWA joint project with The Difference in a Women's Heart, a national action campaign, and the American Heart Association. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in American women. Half of women did not know menopause increases their risk for heart disease. 2 of 3 physicians think risk factors for heart disease are the same in men and women.
Women have different risk factors for heart disease.
Women's symptoms of heart disease often differ from men's. Primary care physicians hold the key to early detection and improved outcome. Primary care physicians and women need to know more about heart disease.