Gender Matters: Why Afib Is More Fatal for Women

Atrial Fibrillation Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013

EP Lab Digest: March 4, 2014

In recent years, there have been many revelations about heart disease and how it specifically affects women. Research has shown that women frequently have different symptoms of a heart attack than men, and women are often worse off after a heart attack.1

Not surprisingly, the diagnosis, symptoms, and treatments of atrial fibrillation (afib) can differ for women, too. One stark, potentially deadly difference: in women 20 to 79 years old, the risk of stroke is 4.6-fold greater in women than men.2 In addition, mortality for women with afib is up to 2.5 times greater than that for men.3  Read more

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