Strange heart attack that affects young women

• April 26, 2024

The specialists often confuse it with a panic attack, anxiety or even indigestion. But the reality is that there are more and more cases of young and apparently healthy women, who undergo spontaneous dissection of the coronary artery.

A study conducted by the Medical University of Atlanta clarifies that this condition is a sudden tear and is considered a heart attack.

It is a rare phenomenon that usually goes undiagnosed and 9 out of 10 patients who suffer from it are women.

The researchers point out that until now, the factors associated with this coronary disease were menopause, extreme stress and exercise.

To treat it, coronary bypass surgery may be required, in which part of another vein is taken to bypass the obstruction in the artery that feeds the heart. If it is not attended to in a timely manner, it can cause death.

It is important that every woman who feels tightness in her chest, shortness of breath and believes that she is distressed or stressed, go to a specialist so that he can discard any anomaly in his heart.