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Unusual fatigue, other symptoms could warn of impending heart attacks in women.
2003 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) report that women in a study who had heart attacks remembered having unusual fatigue or other new symptoms as much as a month beforehand - suggesting a new way to stop heart attacks before they happen.
"New or different fatigue, sleep problems, shortness of breath, indigestion, and anxiety could be early warning signs of heart disease," Jean C. McSweeney, PhD, RN, of the UAMS College of Nursing, said.
"The appearance of these new symptoms, in conjunction with women's standard cardiovascular risk factors, should help providers recognize women who should be thoroughly checked for heart disease."
McSweeney was the lead researcher in the study which Circulation, the journal of the American Heart Association, published. In a 3-year study of women in Arkansas, North Carolina, and Ohio, the UAMS researchers found that 95% of women who had heart attacks remembered having new symptoms more than a month beforehand.
The American Heart Association called the study, funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research, "one of the first comprehensive examinations of issues that might allow prevention of imminent heart attack in women."
The most common early symptoms that women remembered were unusual fatigue (70%), sleep disturbance (48%), shortness of breath (42%), indigestion (39), and anxiety (35%). The symptoms stopped after their heart attacks.
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