One in every four American women will die from cardiovascular disease each year, more than the number of deaths from breast cancer, stroke and lung cancer combined, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Cardiologists from Allegheny Health Network are looking to improve those odds. Doctors are hosting a series of educational programs beginning next week titled “Take Healthy Living to Heart" to educate more women about dangerous heart conditions and their warning signs. Dr. Amy Schuett, medical director of Allegheny General Hospital’s coronary care unit, said women are likely to call 9-1-1 for someone else who might be having a heart attack, but less so for themselves. “In general, they’re going to be caretakers for other people,” Schuett said. “Whereas, with themselves, they tend to internalize some of these symptoms and not necessarily think it’s a serious event.” A 2009 American Heart Association Study found that 79 percent of women would request immediate
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