Women less likely to call an ambulance with heart attack symptoms

Women call an ambulance for husbands, fathers and brothers with heart attack symptoms but not for themselves, according to the results of two studies presented at Acute Cardiovascular Care 2019, a European Society of Cardiology (ESC) congress. Ischaemic heart disease is the leading cause of death in women and men yet the research shows disparities in management the main message of two studies from the Polish Registry of Acute Coronary Syndromes (PL-ACS) was that: ‘It’s time for women take care of themselves too.’  Professor Mariusz GÄ…sior, principal investigator of the registry, said: €œVery often women run the house, send children to school, and prepare for family celebrations.