Spot the signs of a heart attack
Each year, more than 30,000 women in the UK are admitted to hospital for a heart attack. Make sure you know how to spot the signs and symptoms.
Women and heart disease
Women are at risk if they do not recognise the signs of a heart attack and then delay getting help. Together with gender inequalities in heart attack care, this is costing women’s lives. It’s time to put this right.
Heart disease in women
Understand more about heart health
Learn more about heart disease, risk factors and how to maintain good heart health, with our free information booklets.
Gender inequalities in diagnosis and care
Heart attack gender gap is costing women's lives
Women in the UK are needlessly dying from heart attacks. This is because they’re not receiving the same quality of care and treatment as men.
Women less likely to receive treatment for deadly heart condition
Women are less likely to receive treatment after a diagnosis of aortic stenosis, a heart valve disease, according to research by Leicester University.
How we’re closing the gender gap
Too often, women are under-aware, under-treated and under-diagnosed for heart disease. Find out what BHF is doing to tackle this gender health gap.
Real life stories
“With so much family history, I knew I was at risk”: Bernadette’s story
With a family history of heart disease, Bernadette knew she was at risk too. But she never expected her own diagnosis to come so suddenly.
“I should have pushed to go to hospital earlier”: Nicola’s story
Nicola was told that her chest discomfort was just indigestion. But 18 months later, she learned her symptoms were actually caused by a heart attack.
“My heart problems helped me understand my patients better”: Sanjana’s story
Sanjana was training to be a doctor when she had heart failure, followed by a heart transplant. She tells us about her experience.