India, July 9 -- "Over 60 million women (44 percent) in the United States are living with some form of heart disease, according to the data provided by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Moreover, heart disease is the leading cause of death for women and can affect women at any age. Therefore, it becomes important to know the facts about heart disease, as well as the signs, symptoms and risk factors.

In a post shared on June 25, Dr Dmitry Yaranov, MD (cardiology), shared 8 facts every woman should know about her heart. He wrote, "Ladies, this post is for you. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in women-yet too often, it's misunderstood, misdiagnosed, or missed entirely. As a cardiologist, I've seen firsthand h...