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title: Heart Attack Symptoms in Women
date: 2024-12-20T17:00:00-05:00
author: Jonese Austin
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[Health & Sexuality Info](/health-info)# Heart Attack Symptoms in Women

This article from the American Heart Association describes heart attack symptoms in women. Women’s heart attack symptoms may be subtler than men’s. While the most common symptom for both women and men is chest pain, women may experience different symptoms, like back pain or discomfort, nausea or vomiting, and dizziness or lightheadedness.

The article also highlights steps we can take to prevent heart disease: learning our risk, doing aerobic and muscle-strengthening activities, changing our diet, and quitting smoking.

> Even though heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women in the United States, women often chalk up the symptoms to less life-threatening conditions such as acid reflux, the flu or normal aging.

[Read the full article ](https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/heart-attack/warning-signs-of-a-heart-attack/heart-attack-symptoms-in-women)

SOURCE: American Heart Association • LAST UPDATED: December 13, 2024

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## Warning Signs of a Heart Attack

This shareable infographic highlights different warning signs of a heart attack, including ones you may not think of as related to heart health.

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This shareable infographic highlights different warning signs of a heart attack, including ones you may not think of as related to heart health.](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/health-info/warning-signs-of-a-heart-attack)

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## Eight Facts About Heart Disease in Women

This article explains why women are especially vulnerable to death from heart disease.

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This article explains why women are especially vulnerable to death from heart disease.](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/health-info/eight-facts-about-heart-disease-in-women)

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## Gender Matters: Heart Disease Risk in Women

A helpful overview of the ways our gender can impact how we experience heart disease.

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A helpful overview of the ways our gender can impact how we experience heart disease.](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/health-info/gender-matters-heart-disease-risk-in-women)

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## Heart Disease: Sex-Related Differences in Presentation and Treatment

Factors such as age, menopause and perimenopause, and breast cancer lead men and women to experience heart health--and heart attacks--very differently. This article explains the connections.

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Factors such as age, menopause and perimenopause, and breast cancer lead men and women to experience heart health--and heart attacks--very differently. This article explains the connections.](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/health-info/heart-disease-sex-related)

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## Sex-Specific Risk Factors for Heart Disease

Growing research shows that men and women experience coronary artery disease–the most common type of heart disease–differently.

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Growing research shows that men and women experience coronary artery disease–the most common type of heart disease–differently.](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/health-info/sex-specific-risk-factors-for-heart-disease)

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## After Acute Heart Failure, Women Experience Worse Quality of Life

Women who experience acute heart failure report worse quality of life than men, even when other health factors seem similar.

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Women who experience acute heart failure report worse quality of life than men, even when other health factors seem similar.](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/health-info/after-acute-heart-failure-women-experience-worse-quality-of-life)

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## An Overview of Atrial Fibrillation

A brief, gender-neutral overview of what happens to the body during atrial fibrillation, including causes, symptoms, interventions, and treatments.

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A brief, gender-neutral overview of what happens to the body during atrial fibrillation, including causes, symptoms, interventions, and treatments.](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/health-info/an-overview-of-atrial-fibrillation)

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## Atrial Fibrillation and Hypertension

Doctors introduce the basics of atrial fibrillation (an irregular heart rhythm) and hypertension (high blood pressure).

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Doctors introduce the basics of atrial fibrillation (an irregular heart rhythm) and hypertension (high blood pressure).](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/health-info/atrial-fibrillation-and-hypertension)