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Research by the National Institutes of Health NIH) indicates that women often experience new or different physical symptoms as long as a month or more before experiencing heart attacks.

Predicting a Female Heart Attack

Increasingly, it is evident that women's symptoms are not as predictable as men's.

Prior Female Heart Attack Symptoms

Major symptoms reported prior to a woman having a heart attack are:

• Unusual Fatigue 70%
• Sleep Disturbance 48%
• Shortness of Breath 42%
• Indigestion 39%
• Anxiety 35%

During Heart Attack Symptoms

Major symptoms during a heart attack include:

• Shortness of Breath reported in 58% of the cases studied
• Weakness in 55% of women
• Unusual Fatigue in 43% women
• Cold Sweat
• and Dizziness in 39% of women

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