,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #fdc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,october #ah1       
#bjai,ms4 ,herrera ,beutler 7for herself
 and ,ms4 ,roybal-,allard7 submitted the
 following resolution2 which was        
referred to the ,committee on ,energy   
and ,commerce  ,,resolution             
,recognizing women's cardiovascular     
health as a critical health care        
priority that affects every ,state and  
contributes to increased health care    
costs1 and promoting the necessity of   
increased awareness of and education on 
the symptoms for heart disease among    
women1 gender-specific cardiovascular   
disease research1 and policy action to  
alleviate the risks of heart disease    
among women4  ,whereas heart disease is 
the number one killer of women in the   
,united ,states2 ,whereas heart disease 
accounts for the deaths of #djj1jjj     
women each year or #a1jhj each day2     
,whereas one in three women die of heart
 disease or stroke2 ,whereas the        

symptoms of heart disease and heart     
attack among women are different from   
those among men2 ,whereas the maternal  
mortality rate in the ,united ,states is
 rising with more than #gjj women dying 
from pregnancy-related conditions each  
year1 and cardiac disease and stroke1   
the leading cause of pregnancy-related  
deaths in the ,united ,states1 is       
responsible for approximately #cd       
percent of these losses2 ,whereas       
unrecognized symptoms and inadequate    
treatment of cardiovascular disease     
among women contribute to the increasing
 costs to the ,united ,states health    
care system1 which1 if left unaddressed1
 are projected to surpass #a trillion by
 #bjce2 ,whereas heart attack symptoms  
among women are not typically recognized
 and can be as subtle as fatigue1 jaw   
pain1 shortness of breath1 backache1 and
 indigestion2 ,whereas half of all women
 experiencing heart attacks display none
 of the typically recognized male       
symptoms2 ,whereas #fd percent of women 

who die of coronary heart disease show  
no prior typically recognized symptoms2 
,whereas women are #ej percent more     
likely to receive an incorrect diagnosis
 following a heart attack2 ,whereas     
despite gender differences in physiology
 and the manifestation of cardiovascular
 disease1 women comprise only #cd       
percent of participants in              
cardiovascular disease studies that     
enroll both men and women2 and ,whereas 
even when considering all cardiovascular
 disease-related studies1 including     
single-sex studies1 women still comprise
 only #da percent of participants3 ,now1
 therefore1 be it  ,that the ,house of  
,representatives-- 7#a7 recognizes the  
vital importance of decreasing          
cardiovascular disease among women2     
7#b7 promotes the necessity of raising  
awareness of the preventable ubiquity of
 cardiovascular mortality among women1  
and urges a comprehensive public        
awareness initiative that establishes   
best practices for identifying and      

treating cardiovascular incidents in    
women1 specifically2  7#c7 supports     
efforts to educate women1 men1 patients1
 and physicians about the critical      
differences of cardiovascular disease   
symptoms between women and men2  7#d7   
supports the promotion of               
gender-specific cardiovascular health   
research1 prevention1 and treatment1    
because--  7,a7 there is a material     
difference in the way women present with
 cardiovascular or heart attack         
symptoms2 and  7,b7 gender-specific     
cardiovascular research is essential to 
driving successful positive outcomes in 
the reduction of mortality rates2  7#e7 
affirms the connection between          
cardiovascular disease and preeclampsia 
in new mothers2  7#f7 acknowledges that 
the costs to the health care system of  
unrecognized symptoms in the treatment  
of women can be substantially reduced   
with appropriate public policy2 and     
7#g7 supports the development of        
economic impact data to ascertain the   

health care system costs to be saved by 
decreasing the incidents of death due to
 unrecognized symptoms of heart attack  
in women4