Oestrogen & Female Hearts

Changes in oestrogen levels can be independent predictors for *MINOCA
Link to paper :
Women With Myocardial Infarction With Nonobstructive Coronary Artery Disease
(Findings From the American Heart Association Go Red for Women Strategically Focused Research) Network
MINOCA stands for -

• M = myocardial = heart

• I = Infarction = heart attack

• N = Non = none(!)

• O = obstruction = blockages

• C = coronary = to do with the heart

• A - arteries

I have a “beautiful, clear, healthy heart”, according to Mr. Angiogram and all other cardiologists who have ever looked at images of my heart.
My only cardiac ‘risk factor’ was going through the perimenopausal transition.
The effect of my fluctuating sex hormones resulted in my heart being extremely unhappy. There are receptors for sex hormones in the cardiovascular system, so it’s not too big a leap to understand that, if levels of hormones that effect the heart are fluctuating wildly, it will have an effect of the heart, yes?
Unfortunately, cardiology have very little interest in female sex hormones and their levels, which means advocating for yourself if you have perimenopausal cardiac symptoms, is super difficult.

As an ex full-time fitness instructor, Personal Trainer and dancer, to be told that you have had “1 if not 2 heart attacks” is random to say the least.