Gender divide for heart attack symptoms non-existent: study (Canada)

"Men and women experience very similar heart attack symptoms, a new study aimed at dispelling a commonly held "myth" has found. Cardiac nurse and UBC doctoral student Martha Mackay led a team that assessed 305 patients who were undergoing routine angioplasty procedures, a standard method of widening clogged blood vessels which generates symptoms that briefly mimic what occurs during a heart attack. They found that men and women equally reported chest discomfort - the most common symptom of heart attack - refuting the old myth that women don't experience chest pain during an attack. The reporting of other "typical" symptoms - such as arm pain, shortness of breath and sweating - also showed no gender divide" - Canwest