Learning Wednesday: Heart Attack Symptoms In Women And Men

Shooting pain down the left arm is another major symptom for men, which is missing on the image of the AHA (American Heart Association)

Women are more prone to present atypical heart attack symptoms, So while the classical symptoms, such as chest pains, apply to both men and women, women get less common symptoms such as indigestion, shortness of breath, and back pain, sometimes even in the absence of obvious chest discomfort.