Most Women Are at Elevated Risk for Heart Attack

Learn your risk factors, and then take steps to prevent a cardiovascular catastrophe.

Published: September 20, 2022

Screen Shot 2022-09-10 at 9.23.06 PM — © Image Source | Getty Images Heart disease is very much a woman’s problem. If you have one or more cardiovascular risk factor, talk to your doctor and learn what you need to do to prevent a heart attack.

We used to think that coronary artery disease (CAD), the disease that leads to heart attack, was a man’s problem. We now know it affects women, as well. In 2020 (the most recent year statistics are available) CAD took the lives of more than 314,000 women and 383,000 men in the United States.