Women tend to have more diastolic heart failure.
Women are empowered to be very pro-active about their health like they weren't just 10 years ago. We can make a lot of lifestyle changes without having an appointment at a doctor's office.
There's so much information available for women in the last 10 to 15 years, and it's out there now in magazines, on TV and the Internet.
Women go about taking care of children and they're quick to tell their spouses and friends to run to the emergency room if they have chest pain, but they tend to downplay it if they feel it themselves.