Women more likely to die in the hospital after a heart attack, study finds – - CNN.com Blogs

thechart.blogs.cnn.com: : Nearly every 34 seconds someone in the United States has a heart attack, according to the American Hearth Association.  In fact, heart disease is the number one killer of both men and women in the U.S. But that’s where some of the similarities end.



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