JANUARY 29, 2016

AHA: Women Often Delay Seeking Treatment for Myocardial Infarctions

Women experience myocardial infarctions (MIs) differently than men, and those differences may lead them to delay treatment, according to a new scientific statement issued by the American Heart Association (Circulation 2016 Jan 25. [Epub ahead of print]).

The statement, chaired by Laxmi Mehta, MD, the director of the Women’s Cardiovascular Health Program and a cardiologist at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, in Columbus, compiled the newest data about symptoms,

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