This may present as shortness of breath or chest pain in women, and it often mimics a heart ... indigestion or upper abdominal pain,” he says. “Because their symptoms may be different from ...

Chest pain can have many causes ... pebble-like pieces of hardened cholesterol—trigger inflammation in the pancreas. Women are more likely to have pancreatitis than men. If you have pancreatitis ...

In the Coronary Artery Surgery Study (CASS), [6] this chest pain history was found to predict significant CAD in women 72% of the time, whereas the same history in men was predictive of ...

Chest pain (i.e. angina pectoris) is the predominant initial and subsequent presentation of CHD in women. Evaluation of chest pain and risk stratification to determine the need for further ...

Chloe Mangan, initially thought her aching muscles and chest pain were being caused by her gruelling 12-hour shifts as a nurse. The 25-year-old started taking the combined pill in August to try ...

Heart attacks remain one of the leading causes of death worldwide, yet many people miss or dismiss early warning signs. While ...

Twenty percent of women will not have the same symptoms from a heart attack that a man has, and instead of the classic, there's an elephant on my chest or chest pain ... for an upper GI series ...