Heart disease is the leading cause of death in American women. One of the reasons for this is that heart disease tends to manifest differently in women than in men, and often a woman may not be aware that the symptoms she is experiencing are related to her heart. Stomach or abdominal pain, nausea, heartburn or indigestion, and unexplained anxiety are just a few of the symptoms that a woman suffering a heart attack may experience. For more information, go here.

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Regular check-ups with your primary care physician, including cholesterol, blood pressure and diabetes screenings, are important to ensure heart health. In addition, we offer cardiac testing services at three of our locations. Your primary care physician can give you a referral for cardiac testing.

If you receive a diagnosis of heart disease, the NSMC Heart Center offers a comprehensive array of cardiac care, ranging from sophisticated prevention and risk reduction programs (smoking cessation at NSMC) to life-saving measures such as stents and angioplasty. In addition, the full spectrum of cardiac surgery is performed at the NSMC Heart Center, in collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital.