But research shows women tend to not recognise the symptoms as a sign of a heart attack as quickly.
In the UK, an average of three women die of coronary heart disease every hour, many of them due to a heart attack.
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How to respond
You dramatically reduce your chance of survival if you don’t call 999 straight away.
“If you delay, you are more likely to suffer serious heart damage and more likely to need intensive care and to spend longer in hospital,” warns the BHF.
Source: Daily Express
