Cardiac threats you should know, and how to counter them.

It’s easy for women to wrap themselves in a false sense of security about their own heart health. First heart attacks and other cardiovascular events strike a decade later in women than men, often when a woman is retired, in a less public, less visible stage of life. Females as a group still live longer than males, giving them the appearance of invulnerability.

But growing evidence indicates that in many ways women are more subject to the potentially deadly consequences of heart disease than men. What’s a woman to do? Here’s a guide to the specific threats women face, and Cleveland Clinic advice on how to counter them. Note to men:…

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