KarachiPakistani women die of heart disease more than men do.
The gap points to heart attacks caught too late in women, not fewer occurring.
A JACC: Asia study found Pakistan alone, among 5 countries, had a higher female death rate than male, 4.4% versus 3.1%.
Cardiologists say Pakistan’s primary care network remains too thin to catch these risk factors early.
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- isolates Pakistan's unique epidemiological burden among 5 South Asian countries: highest female ischemic heart disease mortality
Sources: Dawn