Women Twice as Likely to Die from Heart Disease than Men

Results of a new study suggest that women are more likely to die from heart disease than men.

According to French researchers, this is the case because women are not normally given the same standard of care that men are afforded.

They based this conclusion on a study of 3000 French women comparing their aftercare following a heart attack.

They noted that of the 3000 women hospitalized with a cardiac event, fewer women than men received certain tests to check for subsequent heart damage, thus putting them at twice the risk of death that male patients were at.

Such tests could be very beneficial in prescribing future treatment, but are not being performed on female patients, say the researchers.

“When there are no clear contradictions, women should be treated with all recommended strategies, including invasive strategies,” said Francois Schiele, head of cardiology at the University Hospital of Besancon.

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