The symptoms of women with heart disease often go undetected. 

According to the Canadian Women’s Heart Health Centre, this is because traditional approaches to diagnosis don’t apply to women.  

Journalist Julia DeJong is concerned about how women have been overlooked in the past.  

She explores what’s changing to ensure more women get properly diagnosed with heart disease in the future. 

Credits

Produced by Julia DeJong and Madison Eldridge

Special thanks to Gayl McKinley, Alexandra Hill-Mann and Alicia D’Aguiar from the Heart and Stoke Foundation of Canada, Kerri-Anne Mullen and Leigh Morris from the Canadian Women’s Heart Health Centre.

Additional photos courtesy of

“Human Silhouette” courtesy of Booshun, from Clean PNG.

“Smoking Cigarette” courtesy of OpenIcons, from Pixabay. Under the Pixabay Content License. 

“Blood Pressure Diagnostics Sphygmomanometer” courtesy of OpenClipart-Vectors, from Pixabay. Under the Pixabay Content License.

“Vaccine Injection Vaccination” courtesy of TKaucic, from Pixabay. Under the Pixabay Content License.

“Scale Weight Body” courtesy of OpenClipart-Vectors, from Pixabay. Under the Pixabay Content License. 

“Settee Sofa Couch” courtesy of OpenClipart-Vectors, from Pixabay. Under the Pixabay Content License. 

“Boy Sad Stress” from Pixabay. Under the Pixabay Content License.  

“Pill Medicine Health” courtesy of OpenClipart-Vectors, from Pixabay. Under the Pixabay Content License. 

“Uterus Ovary Ovaries” courtesy of LJNovaScotia, from Pixabay. Under the Pixabay License.  

“Trans Transgender Flag” courtesy of KatLove, from Pixabay. Under the Pixabay Content License. 

“Female Woman Gender” courtesy of Clker-Free-Vector-Images, from Pixabay. Under the Pixabay Content License.  

Additional Video

“Start the Conversation” courtesy of the Canadian Women’s Heart Health Centre, Youtube.

Additional Sound

“Human Single Heartbeat” by Envato, from Mixkit under the Mixkit Sound Effects Free License.

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