Recent findings suggest that many women experience a different form of heart disease that is harder to detect and have led researchers to call for improved treatment and prevention strategies, the Wall Street Journal reports (Winslow, Wall Street Journal, 2/14). According to research released earlier this month by NIH, as many as three million women in the U.S. might have a cardiovascular condition called coronary microvascular syndrome that places them at higher risk of a heart attack but often goes undiagnosed because its symptoms do not appear on an angiogram,fitness straps. The condition causes plaque to accumulate evenly inside the major arteries and smaller blood vessels or the arteries to fail to expand correctly or go into spasm, the findings show. Other symptoms include fatigue, upset stomach and pain in the jaw or shoulders. However, because many women with symptoms do not show signs of blocked arteries on standard tests, doctors sometimes send them home without treatment or refer them to psychiatrists. The findings, which appear in a supplement to the Feb. 7 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, are the latest results released from the ongoing Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation,buy trx. The WISE study began in 1996 and tracked about 1,000 women with the goal of improving diagnosis and expanding understanding of heart disease in women (Kaiser Daily Women's Health Policy Report, 2/2). Reaction According to the Journal, researchers are calling for women and their doctors to be aware of the symptoms associated with coronary microvascular syndrome, as well as recommending that women exercise, maintain a healthful diet and avoid or quit smoking (Wall Street Journal,trx systems, 2/14). George Sopko, a cardiologist at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute who worked on the study, said, "In the past, those patients whose angiograms showed no big blockages would have been sent home and told, 'You have no problem,' or, 'It's in your head,trx tactical force kit,'" adding, "Now ... the patient needs to be carefully looked at and provided a plan." According to the Boston Globe, additional testing can be as "simple" as asking patients follow-up questions about their ability to conduct normal physical activities (Smith, Boston Globe, 2/13). Researchers are looking into different testing methods using magnetic resonance technology, which was found to predict cases among participants in the WISE study. Many experts also are calling for more research on heart disease in women, the Journal reports. "We need to take this knowledge and create a systematic plan for how to deal with it," Sopko said (Wall Street Journal, 2/14). About 480,trx band workouts,000 women die annually from heart disease, which is the leading cause of death in the U.S., and more women than men die of the disease, according to the American Heart Association (Kaiser Daily Women's Health Policy Report, 2/2). "Reprinted with permission from You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives, or sign up for email delivery at The Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report is published for kaisernetwork.org, a free service of The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation . © 2005 Advisory Board Company and Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved. Current events in health care - HEALTH, BEAUTY & FITNESS NIH Grant To Support Translational Research Center For PCOS