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Podcast: Mayo Clinic Talks
Episode: Heart Health Edition: Heart Disease in Women
Description: Host: Darryl S. Chutka, M.D.
Guest: Sharonne N. Hayes, M.D.
We tend to think of heart disease as a health problem for men, yet it’s the leading cause of death for women in the United States and is responsible for over 1/3 of all deaths in women each year, more than all malignancies combined. Women tend to have more atypical symptoms and often delay seeking help when they have symptoms. As clinicians, we need to realize that we commonly underdiagnose heart disease in women. How do the symptoms of heart disease differ in wo...