Heart Disease: Myths and Facts

HEART DISEASE: MYTHS VS. FACTS. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, accounting for more than 25 percent of every single death in the country. It's an astoundingly high number, especially for a disease that can be managed by simple factors like diet and exercise. Many people think that heart disease is a man's disease, but it actually affects women more than men. That's just one of the many myths about heart disease that must be dispelled in order to promote prevention. ΜΥTH: ΜΥTH: ΜΥTH: ΜΥTΗ: ΜΥTH: Heart disease affects mostly men. Heart disease affects mostly older women. Male and female heart disease patients are treated in the same way. Cancer is the leading killer of American women. Doctors know how to treat female heart disease. %3D TRUTH: TRUTH: TRUTH: TRUTH: TRUTH: Heart disease kills more women than any other disease. Almost five times as many women die from heart attacks alone each year than die from breast cancer. In 2010, one in 30 female deaths was from breast cancer, while one in six was from coronary heart disease. Every year since 1984, deaths from heart disease in women have surpassed that of men. In the year after a heart attack, women are 28 percent more likely to die than men. In 2005, the American Heart Association completed a study that found only 8 percent of primary care physicians and 17 percent of cardiologists knew that heart disease kills more women than men. A study published in Heart showed female heart patients were less likely than male heart patients to receive beta blockers, statins, and ACE inhibitors. They are also less likely to receive implantable cardioverter defibrillators, or even aspirin, following a diagnosis of heart disease. Women as young as 30 can be at risk. The rate of sudden cardiac death and 40s increased 21 percent during the 1990s. women in their 30s 2010 FEMALE HEART FACTS: INCIDENTS OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE: 8,400,000 DEATHS FROM CORONARY HEART DISEASE: 200,900 INCIDENTS OF HEART ATTACK: 3,500,000 DEATHS FROM HEART ATTACK: 65,400 INCIDENTS OF HEART FAILURE: 2,700,00O DEATHS FROM HEART FAILURE: 159,000 Y) imagination at work A collaboration between GOOD and Vance Wellenstein. | SOURCES American Heart Association; The National Coalition of Women with Heart Disease O+ HEART DISEASE: MYTHS VS. FACTS. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, accounting for more than 25 percent of every single death in the country. It's an astoundingly high number, especially for a disease that can be managed by simple factors like diet and exercise. Many people think that heart disease is a man's disease, but it actually affects women more than men. That's just one of the many myths about heart disease that must be dispelled in order to promote prevention. ΜΥTH: ΜΥTH: ΜΥTH: ΜΥTΗ: ΜΥTH: Heart disease affects mostly men. Heart disease affects mostly older women. Male and female heart disease patients are treated in the same way. Cancer is the leading killer of American women. Doctors know how to treat female heart disease. + %3D TRUTH: TRUTH: TRUTH: TRUTH: TRUTH: Heart disease kills more women than any other disease. Almost five times as many women die from heart attacks alone each year than die from breast cancer. In 2010, one in 30 female deaths was from breast cancer, while one in six was from coronary heart disease. Every year since 1984, deaths from heart disease in women have surpassed that of men. In the year after a heart attack, women are 28 percent more likely to die than men. In 2005, the American Heart Association completed a study that found only 8 percent of primary care physicians and 17 percent of cardiologists knew that heart disease kills more women than men. A study published in Heart showed female heart patients were less likely than male heart patients to receive beta blockers, statins, and ACE inhibitors. They are also less likely to receive implantable cardioverter defibrillators, or even aspirin, following a diagnosis of heart disease. Women as young as 30 can be at risk. The rate of sudden cardiac death and 40s increased 21 percent during the 1990s. women in their 30s 2010 FEMALE HEART FACTS: INCIDENTS OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE: 8,400,000 DEATHS FROM CORONARY HEART DISEASE: 200,900 INCIDENTS OF HEART ATTACK: 3,500,000 DEATHS FROM HEART ATTACK: 65,400 INCIDENTS OF HEART FAILURE: 2,700,00O DEATHS FROM HEART FAILURE: 159,000 Y) imagination at work A collaboration between GOOD and Vance Wellenstein. | SOURCES American Heart Association; The National Coalition of Women with Heart Disease O+ HEART DISEASE: MYTHS VS. FACTS. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, accounting for more than 25 percent of every single death in the country. It's an astoundingly high number, especially for a disease that can be managed by simple factors like diet and exercise. Many people think that heart disease is a man's disease, but it actually affects women more than men. That's just one of the many myths about heart disease that must be dispelled in order to promote prevention. ΜΥTH: ΜΥTH: ΜΥTH: ΜΥTΗ: ΜΥTH: Heart disease affects mostly men. Heart disease affects mostly older women. Male and female heart disease patients are treated in the same way. Cancer is the leading killer of American women. Doctors know how to treat female heart disease. + %3D TRUTH: TRUTH: TRUTH: TRUTH: TRUTH: Heart disease kills more women than any other disease. Almost five times as many women die from heart attacks alone each year than die from breast cancer. In 2010, one in 30 female deaths was from breast cancer, while one in six was from coronary heart disease. Every year since 1984, deaths from heart disease in women have surpassed that of men. In the year after a heart attack, women are 28 percent more likely to die than men. In 2005, the American Heart Association completed a study that found only 8 percent of primary care physicians and 17 percent of cardiologists knew that heart disease kills more women than men. A study published in Heart showed female heart patients were less likely than male heart patients to receive beta blockers, statins, and ACE inhibitors. They are also less likely to receive implantable cardioverter defibrillators, or even aspirin, following a diagnosis of heart disease. Women as young as 30 can be at risk. The rate of sudden cardiac death and 40s increased 21 percent during the 1990s. women in their 30s 2010 FEMALE HEART FACTS: INCIDENTS OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE: 8,400,000 DEATHS FROM CORONARY HEART DISEASE: 200,900 INCIDENTS OF HEART ATTACK: 3,500,000 DEATHS FROM HEART ATTACK: 65,400 INCIDENTS OF HEART FAILURE: 2,700,00O DEATHS FROM HEART FAILURE: 159,000 Y) imagination at work A collaboration between GOOD and Vance Wellenstein. | SOURCES American Heart Association; The National Coalition of Women with Heart Disease O+ HEART DISEASE: MYTHS VS. FACTS. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, accounting for more than 25 percent of every single death in the country. It's an astoundingly high number, especially for a disease that can be managed by simple factors like diet and exercise. Many people think that heart disease is a man's disease, but it actually affects women more than men. That's just one of the many myths about heart disease that must be dispelled in order to promote prevention. ΜΥTH: ΜΥTH: ΜΥTH: ΜΥTΗ: ΜΥTH: Heart disease affects mostly men. Heart disease affects mostly older women. Male and female heart disease patients are treated in the same way. Cancer is the leading killer of American women. Doctors know how to treat female heart disease. + %3D TRUTH: TRUTH: TRUTH: TRUTH: TRUTH: Heart disease kills more women than any other disease. Almost five times as many women die from heart attacks alone each year than die from breast cancer. In 2010, one in 30 female deaths was from breast cancer, while one in six was from coronary heart disease. Every year since 1984, deaths from heart disease in women have surpassed that of men. In the year after a heart attack, women are 28 percent more likely to die than men. In 2005, the American Heart Association completed a study that found only 8 percent of primary care physicians and 17 percent of cardiologists knew that heart disease kills more women than men. A study published in Heart showed female heart patients were less likely than male heart patients to receive beta blockers, statins, and ACE inhibitors. They are also less likely to receive implantable cardioverter defibrillators, or even aspirin, following a diagnosis of heart disease. Women as young as 30 can be at risk. The rate of sudden cardiac death and 40s increased 21 percent during the 1990s. women in their 30s 2010 FEMALE HEART FACTS: INCIDENTS OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE: 8,400,000 DEATHS FROM CORONARY HEART DISEASE: 200,900 INCIDENTS OF HEART ATTACK: 3,500,000 DEATHS FROM HEART ATTACK: 65,400 INCIDENTS OF HEART FAILURE: 2,700,00O DEATHS FROM HEART FAILURE: 159,000 Y) imagination at work A collaboration between GOOD and Vance Wellenstein. | SOURCES American Heart Association; The National Coalition of Women with Heart Disease O+ HEART DISEASE: MYTHS VS. FACTS. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, accounting for more than 25 percent of every single death in the country. It's an astoundingly high number, especially for a disease that can be managed by simple factors like diet and exercise. Many people think that heart disease is a man's disease, but it actually affects women more than men. That's just one of the many myths about heart disease that must be dispelled in order to promote prevention. ΜΥTH: ΜΥTH: ΜΥTH: ΜΥTΗ: ΜΥTH: Heart disease affects mostly men. Heart disease affects mostly older women. Male and female heart disease patients are treated in the same way. Cancer is the leading killer of American women. Doctors know how to treat female heart disease. + %3D TRUTH: TRUTH: TRUTH: TRUTH: TRUTH: Heart disease kills more women than any other disease. Almost five times as many women die from heart attacks alone each year than die from breast cancer. In 2010, one in 30 female deaths was from breast cancer, while one in six was from coronary heart disease. Every year since 1984, deaths from heart disease in women have surpassed that of men. In the year after a heart attack, women are 28 percent more likely to die than men. In 2005, the American Heart Association completed a study that found only 8 percent of primary care physicians and 17 percent of cardiologists knew that heart disease kills more women than men. A study published in Heart showed female heart patients were less likely than male heart patients to receive beta blockers, statins, and ACE inhibitors. They are also less likely to receive implantable cardioverter defibrillators, or even aspirin, following a diagnosis of heart disease. Women as young as 30 can be at risk. The rate of sudden cardiac death and 40s increased 21 percent during the 1990s. women in their 30s 2010 FEMALE HEART FACTS: INCIDENTS OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE: 8,400,000 DEATHS FROM CORONARY HEART DISEASE: 200,900 INCIDENTS OF HEART ATTACK: 3,500,000 DEATHS FROM HEART ATTACK: 65,400 INCIDENTS OF HEART FAILURE: 2,700,00O DEATHS FROM HEART FAILURE: 159,000 Y) imagination at work A collaboration between GOOD and Vance Wellenstein. | SOURCES American Heart Association; The National Coalition of Women with Heart Disease O+ HEART DISEASE: MYTHS VS. FACTS. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, accounting for more than 25 percent of every single death in the country. It's an astoundingly high number, especially for a disease that can be managed by simple factors like diet and exercise. Many people think that heart disease is a man's disease, but it actually affects women more than men. That's just one of the many myths about heart disease that must be dispelled in order to promote prevention. ΜΥTH: ΜΥTH: ΜΥTH: ΜΥTΗ: ΜΥTH: Heart disease affects mostly men. Heart disease affects mostly older women. Male and female heart disease patients are treated in the same way. Cancer is the leading killer of American women. Doctors know how to treat female heart disease. + %3D TRUTH: TRUTH: TRUTH: TRUTH: TRUTH: Heart disease kills more women than any other disease. Almost five times as many women die from heart attacks alone each year than die from breast cancer. In 2010, one in 30 female deaths was from breast cancer, while one in six was from coronary heart disease. Every year since 1984, deaths from heart disease in women have surpassed that of men. In the year after a heart attack, women are 28 percent more likely to die than men. In 2005, the American Heart Association completed a study that found only 8 percent of primary care physicians and 17 percent of cardiologists knew that heart disease kills more women than men. A study published in Heart showed female heart patients were less likely than male heart patients to receive beta blockers, statins, and ACE inhibitors. They are also less likely to receive implantable cardioverter defibrillators, or even aspirin, following a diagnosis of heart disease. Women as young as 30 can be at risk. The rate of sudden cardiac death and 40s increased 21 percent during the 1990s. women in their 30s 2010 FEMALE HEART FACTS: INCIDENTS OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE: 8,400,000 DEATHS FROM CORONARY HEART DISEASE: 200,900 INCIDENTS OF HEART ATTACK: 3,500,000 DEATHS FROM HEART ATTACK: 65,400 INCIDENTS OF HEART FAILURE: 2,700,00O DEATHS FROM HEART FAILURE: 159,000 Y) imagination at work A collaboration between GOOD and Vance Wellenstein. | SOURCES American Heart Association; The National Coalition of Women with Heart Disease O+ HEART DISEASE: MYTHS VS. FACTS. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, accounting for more than 25 percent of every single death in the country. It's an astoundingly high number, especially for a disease that can be managed by simple factors like diet and exercise. Many people think that heart disease is a man's disease, but it actually affects women more than men. That's just one of the many myths about heart disease that must be dispelled in order to promote prevention. ΜΥTH: ΜΥTH: ΜΥTH: ΜΥTΗ: ΜΥTH: Heart disease affects mostly men. Heart disease affects mostly older women. Male and female heart disease patients are treated in the same way. Cancer is the leading killer of American women. Doctors know how to treat female heart disease. + %3D TRUTH: TRUTH: TRUTH: TRUTH: TRUTH: Heart disease kills more women than any other disease. Almost five times as many women die from heart attacks alone each year than die from breast cancer. In 2010, one in 30 female deaths was from breast cancer, while one in six was from coronary heart disease. Every year since 1984, deaths from heart disease in women have surpassed that of men. In the year after a heart attack, women are 28 percent more likely to die than men. In 2005, the American Heart Association completed a study that found only 8 percent of primary care physicians and 17 percent of cardiologists knew that heart disease kills more women than men. A study published in Heart showed female heart patients were less likely than male heart patients to receive beta blockers, statins, and ACE inhibitors. They are also less likely to receive implantable cardioverter defibrillators, or even aspirin, following a diagnosis of heart disease. Women as young as 30 can be at risk. The rate of sudden cardiac death and 40s increased 21 percent during the 1990s. women in their 30s 2010 FEMALE HEART FACTS: INCIDENTS OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE: 8,400,000 DEATHS FROM CORONARY HEART DISEASE: 200,900 INCIDENTS OF HEART ATTACK: 3,500,000 DEATHS FROM HEART ATTACK: 65,400 INCIDENTS OF HEART FAILURE: 2,700,00O DEATHS FROM HEART FAILURE: 159,000 Y) imagination at work A collaboration between GOOD and Vance Wellenstein. | SOURCES American Heart Association; The National Coalition of Women with Heart Disease O+