After heart attack, women have a poorer prognosis compared with men:

38% of women compared with 25% of men will die within one year of a first recognized heart attack.

35% of women heart attack survivors will have another heart attack within six years compared to 18% of men . Almost twice as many.

46% of women heart attack survivors will be disabled with heart failure within six years compared to 22% of men . More than twice as many.

Women are almost twice as likely as men to die after bypass surgery.

Yet women are less likely than men to receive beta-blockers, ACE inhibitors or even aspirin after a heart attack.