It has been shown that women are more susceptible to heart disease than men. This landmark research has important implications for life and death. This topic is covered in many scientific articles.
Differing Symptom Patterns
There is no better example in American medicine of the disconnect between what doctors know and what they do than women suffering from heart disease. Although women with abnormal heart arteries have more common symptoms, they are less likely to be able to use the best-practice treatment options. This makes their lives more difficult and more expensive. A scientific paradigm that focuses on finding blocked arteries will be used to evaluate a woman who presents with chest pains or other signs of coronary disease in an emergency room. A stress test and cardiac catheterization will be performed on her. If the tests return normal, the patient will be informed that her symptoms are unrelated to her heart. I saw patients who complained of persistent chest pains. They were told their esophagus was the problem or that they had worse depression. The doctor told her to go home and take Valium and Prozac. She would be fine.
The American taxpayer-funded a study examining the unique nature and severity of coronary artery disease in women. The findings of the Cholesterol deposits are not only widespread in women, but they push the artery walls outward and could be very large before causing any blockage. This is why repeated chest pains in women in the WISE study had a high-risk HTML4 of sudden death and heart attack, even after a normal catheterization. These women need optimal medical treatment to reduce their heart attack risk. This has been proven effective in stabilizing cholesterol deposits and relieving symptoms. Aspirin, blood pressure control and cholesterol management are the best options for optimal medical therapy. Smoking cessation is also a good option. Metformin should be used for diabetic and pre-diabetic patients. Beta-blockers, Nitroglycerin and other new medications may be helpful for female patients with chest pain.
What is a Diagnostic Error?
The fixed blockage model of coronary artery disease continues to be used in our current medical system. A patient who does not have a fixable blockage is told that their problem is not due to the heart. What are the implications of this diagnostic error?
They don’t have the real problem addressed. Only 10% of these women had received treatment for their cholesterol and blood pressure problems within a year. Women with persistent chest pain suffer from unnecessary pain and suffering. Many suffer from heart attacks and many die. These personal costs can be devastating. These women often return to the emergency department, undergo repeated tests and hospitalizations and seek second opinions. For a woman suffering from repeated chest pains and without a blockage in her heart, the lifetime cost of care is approximately $800,000. These women require the best medical treatment and are very responsive to it. These women were among the most grateful patients I’ve ever seen. I’ve treated 25 of them. They were safer, and their pain was relieved by medication.
Calculate Your Heart Attack Risk
A woman over 69 is at higher risk for a heart attack. You should take statins even if you have normal cholesterol and no other risk factors. You can use the link above to determine your risk of a heart attack. If it exceeds 7.5%, you will need medical attention for heart disease. The most significant cardiac risk factor is age. About half of all deaths from heart artery disease occur without warning 7. These women are not given another chance to protect their hearts. This post is for women with a history of heart attacks, 69 years old or suffering from persistent chest pain. We must take a more serious approach to the needs of women with heart disease. We must act now to protect our mothers, wives, and neighbors.
These images show heart arteries that have been cut like a garden hose or a soda straw. Start at the top of this picture. This is a normal artery. Next, you can see a darker grayish cholesterol deposit that extends from approximately 1 o’clock to 6 o’clock. Below this is a larger, more inflamed and susceptible to rupture, but it is not blocking any artery. Women with no blockage may have a heart attack even if there isn’t any.
You can see the effects of poor medical care on patients. As in the first picture, the cholesterol deposit may burst. This causes the cholesterol deposit to burst, as shown in the second picture. Then scar tissue and blockage can occur, as seen in the third image.
You can see optimal medical treatment (OMT) results on the right. The cholesterol deposits stabilize, become less inflamed, and are less likely to rupture, causing a clot that could lead to a heart attack. These changes provide you with more protection in a matter of days. These soft, potentially dangerous deposits can be removed with medical treatment. The artery will become more normal. We now understand heart disease better and can offer precise, targeted treatments to protect you.
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