Study: Women having heart attacks are not getting treatment quickly enough

In the United States, more than 15,000 women under the age of 55 die every year of heart disease, and researchers are trying to understand why they are not receiving life-saving treatment fast enough. In a study published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, researchers interviewed 30 women between the ages of 30-55 who had been hospitalized after a heart attack. Earlier studies have shown that women wait longer to receive medical care after heart attacks, and their symptoms are ...