Women’s heart attacks don’t look the same — here’s a short breakdown why: 🎀 Women are more likely to have microvascular disease, non-obstructive coronary disease, SCAD, vasospasm, and plaque erosion — but can still present with acute MI 🎀 And their symptoms?… SOMETIMES it’s chest pain… BUT often nausea, shortness of breath, fatigue, back/shoulder-blade pain, dizziness, or just “not feeling right.” 🎀 Risk factors also hit harder: 🍬 diabetes (even though it’s more prevalent in men, we’re affected 3x more) 🚬 smoking 🤰 pregnancy-related risks: gestational HTN, preeclampsia, eclampsia, gestational DM (see my other videos on this) 🎀 Women naturally sit at lower baseline troponin levels, so using s3x-specific troponin thresholds identifies far more women with myocardial injury (tho there isn’t good clinical significance for this… yet) 🎀 Even with better detection, outcomes haven’t improved yet. Women still receive FEWER interventions and less guideline-directed therapy, and tr...