AHA: Female Heart Attacks Present Differently, More Severe Than Men (IMAGE)

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AHA: Female Heart Attacks Present Differently, More Severe Than Men

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Dr. Laxmi Mehta examines a patient at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. Mehta was a primary author of a scientific statement recently published by the American Heart Association, the first ever to compile heart attack information specifically for women.

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