If you are a woman 50 and older, heart disease should be on your radar. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in women. One in three women will die of heart disease. That’s more than breast and lung cancer combined.
“The common belief that women are protected from heart disease is myth,” says Haysam Akkad, MD, cardiologist at Nebraska Medicine.
Dr. Akkad discusses the many differences in the way heart disease presents in women, how it affects them and what risk factors come into play. Knowing these differences can help arm you with the knowledge you need to help prevent a cardiac event. Take this quiz and see how much you know. It might just save your life.