- Unexplained fatigue or sleeping disturbance may indicate the possibility of an impending heart attack.
- Shortness of breath happening at the same time you have chest pain or before it may indicate heart trouble.
- Chest discomfort, often described as pressure, tightness or an ache. It may last for more than a few minutes, which may come and go.
- Discomfort in other areas of the upper body. Symptoms can include pain in one or both arms, back, neck, jaw or stomach.
- Other signs: cold sweat, dizziness, nausea, lightheadedness and other flu-like symptoms.
- 38% percent of women compared with 25% of men will die within one year after a heart attack.
- 8,000,000 American women are currently living with heart disease.
- 435,000 American women have heart attacks each year.
