What do MemorialCare physicians say about heart attack symptoms?
Our cardiovascular specialists say that many women as well as those with diabetes experience different heart attack symptoms than men. Symptoms of an impending heart attack can be so subtle that women may not suspect they are in trouble. When they actually have a heart attack, symptoms may include nausea or dizziness; uncomfortable pressure, tightness, squeezing, fullness or heaviness in the chest that does not go away in a few minutes; cold sweats or pounding heart; pain radiating up to the shoulders and neck or down the arms or back; and/or shortness of breath or difficulty breathing. Men, on the other hand, typically say they feel crushing chest pain, like an elephant is sitting on their chest. How preventable is heart disease? Studies among people with heart disease have shown that lowering high blood cholesterol and high blood pressure reduces the risk of dying of heart disease, having a nonfatal heart attack and needing heart bypass surgery or angioplasty. Studies among those wit
