From Our 2010 Archives Many Women Misinformed About Heart
Disease Study Shows Lack of Knowledge About Heart Attack
Symptoms Kelli Miller Stacy Reviewed By Elizabeth Klodas, MD,
FACC That's just one of several concerning findings revealed
today by The Go Red for Women Study, funded by the American
Heart Association. The program looked at women's heart-health
awareness and trends since 1997. Researchers at New York-
Presbyterian Hospital surveyed 2,300 women 25 or older by phone
and online to determine who knew that heart disease was the No.
1 killer of women, and what they would do if they might be
having a heart attack. Women's awareness of heart disease has
greatly increased over the last 10 years, but it's still
relatively low. Furthermore, the level of knowledge has
fluctuated between different racial groups. The recent survey
shows that minority women continue to be significantly less
aware of their risk of heart disease than white women. The
percentages of women surveyed who correctly identified heart dis