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Heart Facts Click here to watch a video about cholesterol. cause the lining of blood vessel walls called endothelium to relax, increasing blood flow for up to 45 minutes after the laugh attack. Damage to the endothelium can lead to the narrowing of blood vessels and eventually cardiovascular diseases. 1. have been viewed as a man's illness. Yet heart disease kills 500,000 American women each year, compared to about 450,000 men. 2. Research has shown that a good belly laugh can Traditionally, heart disease and heart attacks symptoms commonly experienced by men. Research by the National Institutes of Health indicates that among women, major symptoms during a heart attack include: 3. 4. Very often, women don't have the same chest-clenching heart attack experienced no significant chest pain during a heart attack. • Shortness of breath — 58 percent • Weakness — 55 percent • Unusual fatigue — 43 percent • Cold sweat — 39 percent • Dizziness — 39 percent Approximately 43 percent of women Awareness Cardiologists at South Jersey Healthcare In less than a minute, your heart can pump blood to every cell in your body. And over the course of a day, about 100,000 heartbeats shuttle 2,000 gallons of oxygen-rich blood many times through about 60,000 miles of branching blood vessels. Over the course of a lifetime, that adds up to an average of 2.5 billion beats. The average adult heart weighs just 10 ounces. Gladwyn Baptist, M.D. Steven Cohn, M.D. Richard Dickstein, M.D. Michael Dovnarsky, M.D. Scott Fertels, D.O. Mark Gelernt, M.D. Elias A. Iliadis, M.D. Georges Kaddissi, M.D. Jeffrey Leavy, M.D. Steven Levi, M.D. George E. Mark, M.D. Ashok Pilly, M.D. Jack Quinlan Jr., M.D. Kristen Rainear, D.O. Jiten Rana, M.D. Mitchell Rosenberg, M.D. Barry Shapiro, D.O. Steven Silver, M.D. Norman Silvers, M.D. Vijayendra Verma, M.D. Dilip Viswanath, M.D. Joseph Wachspress, M.D. Stephen Weinberg, M.D. Andrew Zin, M.D. WWW.SJHealthcare.net/FandF FIND A CARDIOLOGIST AT SOUTH JERSEY HEALTHCARE BY VISITING OR CALLING (800) 770-7547. 2011 Becky DelFava complained of fatigue and exhaustion 9/17/11, 2:53 p.m. DelFava experienced jaw pain and perfuse sweating — but not chest pain 3 p.m. DelFava took an aspirin… might have saved her life 3:13 p.m. DelFava alerted her family to take her to the ED 3:56 p.m. DelFava received clot- busting drug within 23 minutes of arrival (national benchmark* is 30 minutes) SJH Family & Friends 4:09 p.m. She was transported for intervention 12/9/11 After 12 weeks of cardiac rehab, DelFava returned to work *American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association benchmark SPRING 2012 3