Why Do Men Vulnerable To Heart Attack?

Compared to women, men are more vulnerable had a heart attack. A number of cases of heart attacks that never happen any more in men. Why is this so?

Cardiologist and vascular Jetty Sedyawan reveals, men are more at risk of heart attack than women. It is affected by hormonal factors a woman.

"Before women reach menopause, estrogen hormone production lot. It was his blood vessels pliable, "says Jetty some time ago.
Jetty said in the study mentioned that women 10 years later than men had a heart attack. However, after menopause, the risk of woman had a heart attack is equal to men.

"After menopause there is no longer a protection hormone, right. Fat profile changed also, fatter, less motion, "light of the Jetty.

Blockage of the coronary arteries that cause heart attacks can also occur in women. In addition to factors of gender, a person's age is also a risk factor that could not be changed.

A person will be exposed to higher risk of heart disease as you get older. Factors that have a family history of heart disease could also be affected.
However, according to the doctor who developed the Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), the female or young age also could be at risk of a heart attack if it affected his lifestyle is unhealthy, such as smoking, unhealthy diet and lack of exercise.

"Lifestyle there is now little kids already on smokes, everywhere has gone up the escalator, it's baseball's walk like people used to, plus the pollution. So that the young can also had a heart attack because the lifestyle is less good, "reveals the Jetty.

To that end, it is essential to keep a heart healthy lifestyle. According to the Jetty, the public also need to learn basic life assistance for first aid if someone had a heart attack.