Added: Jan 17, 2009
Dr. Yvonne Johnson, the director of the Heart Attack Unit at South Miami Heart Center. Heart disease begins in women about 10 years later than men. Women who smoke, those with diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, obesity and a family history are all at risk. Womens symptoms can be atypical, they can have chest pain, but some have abdominal pain, indigestion, back pain, neck pain, shortness of breath or nausea.
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