McMaster alum co-authors artery report

Coronary artery disease has been long thought to be a man’s disease — but the prevalence of angina and proportion of deaths from it is higher among women.

A new study co-authored by Catherine Kreatsoulas of Harvard University’s School of Public Health and a McMaster alumni says there are similarities between men and women who suffer from the disease, but women are usually affected later in life. She appeared on Morning Live to explain:

“Its one of the leading causes of death in women and we were concerned about this because we didn’t want woman to miss any important symptoms which is why we wanted to get our message out but women actually get heart disease at a later age then men typically but typically they get it out an older age so there was this myth that was pepetuated that it was this mans disease women are somewhat immune from it.”

The study also found the symptoms men and women experience are similar, usually described as chest pain.