By: Leslie Finlay writing for The Healthy
Heart disease is the number one killer of both men and women in the United States, according to the American Heart Association (AHA.) Beyond this shared statistic, some differences begin to emerge.
"Women are not little men," says Jennifer H. Mieres, MD, FACC, MASNC, FAHA, and volunteer medical expert for the AHA's Go Red for Women initiative. First off, Dr. Mieres says, women tend to have smaller hearts than men, with finer veins, thinner chamber walls, and a faster heart rate. Other gender-based factors are significant to heart disease risk as well—"And we're really just beginning to scratch the surface in understanding why," she says.
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