UK WOMEN “UNDIAGNOSED AND UNDERTREATED” FOR HEART DISEASE
7th October 2024
Lead author, Professor Vijay Kunadian, told the PA news agency: “Heart disease, in particular coronary artery disease, is the number one killer for women in the UK and worldwide.
“And yet, even to this day, we see that their symptoms are being ignored or (women are) told there is nothing wrong with them, or treated for something else, when all along they might be suffering from a heart problem.”
She said national databases are showing “year after year” that women are being undertreated and “unfortunately that leads to higher death rates following heart attacks.
“We can’t ignore that any more, it is about time that we do something about it”.
Lives are being lost because “if women received the correct treatment, then their lives could be saved”, Prof Kunadian said.