My Woman's World-Identifying Heart Attacks in Women

A Great Big Vote of Thanks to the Cardiology Department at the Royal Infirmary in Edinburgh.
They have developed a new blood test that improves the detection of Heart Attacks in Men but Mostly Women.

A Wonderful Breakthrough Enhances the Treatment.

Pass this on-If you feel any of the symptoms that are caused by a heart problem we all know what to do. The more people know the more successful the treatment.

The Symptoms

• A dull pain, ache or "heavy" feeling in the chest
• A mild discomfort in the chest that makes you feel generally unwell
• Pain that spreads to the back, arm or stomach
• Pain that feels like a bad episode of indigestion
• Chest pain accompanied by feeling light-headed or dizzy

Quotes taken from Jennie Hope at Mail Online 21st January 2015

Anoop Shah, a University of Edinburgh cardiologist who has studied the test, said: ‘While similar numbers of men and women attend A&E with chest pains, we wanted to know why women are less likely to be diagnosed with a heart attack.

Whether using different thresholds for men and women will lead to more accurate diagnosis and improve outcomes is now being evaluated in a large clinical trial funded by the British Heart Foundation.’

Dr Shah based his 22 per cent diagnostic rate on the cases of 1,000 men and women admitted to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh with chest pain.

Three weeks ago, Jenni Stevens, from Edinburgh, collapsed at work with chest pain. The 41-year-old was rushed to the Royal Infirmary where she was diagnosed with a heart attack after being given the high-sensitive troponin blood test with the lower threshold for women.

Jenni said: ‘I’d been having chest pains for about a month. As a working mum, I put it down to stress. But last week, as I was walking into work, the pain got much worse and I collapsed, causing my colleagues to call an ambulance.

‘I felt a sense of reassurance when I got to the hospital. They took my blood and did other tests. They thought I’d had a heart attack. 

'I was treated with a stent to save my life. I’m so grateful that my heart attack was spotted and treated so well.’

Rosie @ www.crichtons.co