Women’s heart health presentation to be held

Greater Regional Respiratory Services and Iowa Clinic Cardiovascular Services Center will present a program on women’s heart health noon Tuesday in the Medical Arts Plaza conference room. Dr. Pamela Nerheim, cardiologist, will be presenting the program. Preregistration is required at 641-782-3828 and seating is limited.

Greater Regional Medical Center and Union County Public Health are participating in the Make the Call, Don’t Miss A Beat campaign, which aims to educate, engage and empower women and their families on the seven symptoms of a heart attack that most commonly present themselves in women. For both women and men, the most common sign of a heart attack is pain or discomfort in the center of the chest. The pain or discomfort can be mild or strong. It can last more than a few minutes, or it can go away and come back.

Women are more likely than men to have the “other” common signs of a heart attack. These include shortness of breath, nausea or vomiting and pain in the back, neck or jaw.

Sometimes the signs of a heart attack happen suddenly. But they can also develop slowly, over hours, days and even weeks before a heart attack occurs.

For more information about the Make the Call initiative, go to www.womenshealth.gov/heartattack.