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What Women Should Know About Heart Disease

While women might be less likely than men to contract cardiovascular disease (CVD), women face more severe prognoses and higher mortality rates. For these reasons, women need to be more alert and aware of any symptoms that could be related to CVD so they don’t become a victim of the statistics. Read on to learn what all women should know about heart disease.

How To Know If You’re Having A Heart Attack

There are many different symptoms of a heart attack. Some people may experience sudden and intense symptoms, while other people might feel symptoms start slowly, with mild discomfort gradually increasing. Symptoms could start days or even weeks before cardiac arrest. It’s even possible to have a heart attack with no symptoms.

Improving Your Heart Health After COVID-19

A recent study showed that in the first year after recovering from COVID-19, patients were at higher risk of contracting cardiovascular disease (CVD). Read on to learn more about the risk of CVD for COVID-19 survivors and what you can do to improve your heart health after recovery.

What Is Cardiovascular Disease?

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a broad term for conditions affecting the heart or blood vessels. Often CVD (also called heart disease) is associated with a build-up of fatty deposits inside arteries, risks of blood clots, and damage to arteries in organs including the brain, heart, kidneys, and eyes. Here are several of the main types of CVD.

Testing for Heart Disease

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is often called the “silent killer” because sufferers may be asymptomatic for years until it is too late. You may think that if there are no symptoms, then it shouldn’t cause worry, but you would be wrong. There are several methods, both non-invasive and invasive, for detecting CVD. Read on for some of the most common methods.