Thanks to John Sawdon and his Cardiac Health Foundation of Canada  colleagues for including this chapter-by-chapter overview of my book in their Winter Bulletin:

John Sawdon’s Book Review:  “A Woman’s Guide to Living with Heart Disease”

Written by Carolyn Thomas, fromVictoria, B.C. and author of the blog Heart Sisters; foreword written by Martha Gulati, MD FACC.  Published by Johns Hopkins University Press.

“Carolyn Thomas begins Chapter 1 with her very first heart attack symptoms and the decision to seek immediate medical help at the Emergency Department of her local hospital. She is misdiagnosed, however, with acid reflux and sent home.  This dramatic introduction is followed by what researchers report about the known disparities in the research, diagnoses, treatments and outcomes of women’s heart disease compared to men’s –  and includes brief case studies of women who describe their own surprisingly varied heart attack symptoms. Continue reading ““Best narrative I have ever encountered on this topic”” →