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Originally Posted by Sdiver
As with men, women's most common heart attack symptom is chest pain or discomfort. But women are somewhat more likely than men to experience some of the other common symptoms, particularly shortness of breath, nausea/vomiting, and back or jaw pain.
Remember, when it comes to ANY dealing with cardiac issues.....TIME IS MUSCLE !!!!
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Thank you Sdiver. There's another symptom for women not mentioned above, having had a heart attack this past March I never would have guessed this to be a symptom. My heart attack was like a case of severe heartburn. That's it. No chest pains, arm pain, shortness of breath...none of it. Just a really, really bad heartburn that lasted for almost 6 hours.
To this day I don't know what made me go to the doctor the following day instead of blowing it off and going to work. I'm glad I did, my doctor knew almost immediately and did an EKG right in the office before I wound up in the hospital for an angioplasty.
As a footnote, after many healthy changes instituted I'm happy to report my heart muscle has repaired itself to within 5% of normal only 7 months after my MI.