Growing Hunger In America and Heart Attack Disparities-Heart Attack Disparities Between Men and Women

Women face a 20% higher risk than men of death or heart failure during the five years following a heart attack. What are the reasons? And how can survival rates be improved? Justin Ezekowitz, MBBCh, MSc, Co-Director, Canadian VIGOUR Centre, Director of Cardiovascular Research and Professor in the Division of Cardiology at the University of Alberta, outlines the reasons and possible solutions.