Tag: women’s heart health
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Identical Twins Split by a Twin Rhythm: Surviving SCAD Heart Attacks Together
Two Hearts, One Twin Bond: A Shared Fight Against SCAD In Rathangan, Co. Kildare, identical twins Mairéad Lyons and Thérèse Walsh share more than DNA. They share a rare medical journey: both suffered spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) in their 30s, within eight months of one another. Their story is a powerful reminder that women’s…
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Scad Twins: How Identical Hearts Survived Twin Heart Attacks
Two Hearts, One Twin Bond Identical twins Mairéad Lyons and Thérèse Walsh have always shared a close bond. That bond reached a new, life‑altering level when both women suffered spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) in their 30s, within eight months of each other. Thérèse, aged 39 and the younger twin by five minutes, calls it…
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Closing the gender gap in heart disease care: diagnosis and treatment in STEMI
Overview: the persistent gender gap in heart disease care Despite decades of awareness and targeted initiatives, women with heart disease continue to face under-recognition, under-diagnosis and under-treatment. Since Bernadine Healy’s 1991 critique of sex bias in coronary disease management, efforts have aimed at leveling care for women. Yet, 34 years later, sex-based differences in management…