Women are not small men when it comes to hearts

At the Feb. 27 Healthy Woman Ladies Night Out event, cardiologist Dr. Michael Vargas gave an informative talk on "Women are not Small Men, Myths and Truths about Women and Heart Disease." The evening was hosted by Affordable & Quality Home Care at Fallbrook Library.

Vargas explained that women's hearts are proportionately smaller than men's and their physiology is also different. Furthermore, women develop heart disease 10 years later, usually, than men because men's plaque distributes in clumps whereas women’s plaque distributes more evenly throughout artery walls. This results in women's ang...