National Wear Red Day focuses on heart health

GOOD MORNING.
I LEFT MY RED TIE AT THE
CLEANERS.
SORRY ABOUT THAT.
WE ARE HERE AT ST. LUKE'S
HOSPITAL.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WOMEN'S
HEART HEALTH TODAY.
WE HAVE TALKED A LOT IN THE PAST
ABOUT MEN'S HEART HEALTH.
HOW IS IT DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF
WARNING SIGNS?
HISTORICALLY HEART DISEASE
HAS BEEN THE PURVIEW AND HAS
BEEN A MAN'S DISEASE.
THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY HAS
INCREASINGLY RECOGNIZED THAT
WOMEN ARE EQUALLY AFFECTED.
THE DIFFERENCE IS HOW THEY
PRESENT.
WHILE MEN WILL PRESENT WITH THE
CLASSIC CHEST PAIN, AND WOMEN
CAN PRESENT UNIQUELY, SHORTNESS
OF BREATH, NAUSEA, BACK PAIN.
THE PRESENTATION MAY NOT BE AS
CLASSIC AS THAT OF MEN, BUT JUST
AS IMPORTANT.
REPORTER: SOME OF THE ISSUES IS
THOSE COULD BE SIGNS OF OTHER
THINGS.
>> IT IS A LITTLE MORE COMPLEX.
THEY ARE MORE COMPLEX IN THAT
OBVIOUSLY YOU COULD HAVE
SYMPTMS OF SHORTNESS OF BREATH

National Wear Red Day focuses on heart health

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