Not all heart attacks are caused by clogged arteries


Both men and women have a wide range of symptoms of heart attack but women also need to watch out for nausea, vomiting and shortness of breath. — TNS

A New Mayo Clinic study finds that many heart attacks in people under 65 – especially women – are caused by factors other than clogged arteries, challenging long-standing assumptions about how heart attacks occur in younger populations.

Study findings published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology examined over 15 years of data from the Rochester Epidemiology Project, providing the most comprehensive population evaluation of heart attack causes in people aged 65 and younger.

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