Nearly 1 in 2 women will die of heart disease or stroke.
After menopause,women begin to develop and die of heart disease at a rate equal to that of men.
38 percent of women who have heart attacks die within a year, compared to 25 percent of men.
African-American women face a greater threat from heart disease than women of other races.
63 percent of women who die from heart disease had no previous symptoms.
Many women and their doctors do not recognize the early signs of a heart attack in women.
Some diagnostic tests and procedures, including the exercise stress test, or stress ECG, might be less accurate in women.
In a poll of 1,000 women,only 8 percent considered heart disease their greatest health risk.
