The American Heart Association (AHA) has for the first time issued a scientific statement on female heart attacks underscoring knowledge gaps and outlining the priority steps needed to better understand and treat heart disease in women. The statement chaired by Dr. Laxmi Mehta a cardiologist at the Ohio State University's Wexner Medical Centre compiles the newest data on symptoms treatments and the types of heart attacks among women. Over the last 10 years or so we've learned that women's hearts are different than men's in some significant ways and while that's helped reduce mortality there's much more to know said