Women have many stress hormone receptors in their arteries and cardiac muscle for hormones called catecholamines. Their coronary arteries (arteries irrigating the heart) are also smaller than men’s. All of this makes women more vulnerable to coronary artery spasms where stress triggers an artery to [...]
As COVID-19 reminded us, a disease has causes and effects that are biological, psychological and social. Many studies have shown that psychosocial factors are a significant factor in the progression of heart attacks in young women. Psychosocial stress ranks in third place among the risk factors for [...]
In the majority of cases, chronic heart failure is a contraindication to pregnancy because it could put the mother’s life in danger. During pregnancy and delivery, her heart has to work very hard. Certain medications prescribed for heart failure are known to cause birth defects (they’re considered [...]