Heart attack rates higher in pregnant women
Posted: Mar 26, 2012 10:24 PM EST | Updated: Nov 5, 2014 7:50 PM EST
A startling find about heart attacks and pregnancy.
Doctors found heart attack rates go up in women who are pregnant.
The rate is four times higher in a pregnant woman than your average woman.
Doctors said that it's often more dangerous because inlike most heart attacks, pregnancy heart attacks typically involve the tearing of an artery instead of a blockage.
