His & Hers: How Our Hearts Differ

“His and hers.” It’s a quaint phrase that evokes images of a prim pair of hand towels, which are alike except for the monogrammed initial. Or a pair of gold watches, one chunky and the other slender. Outdated as it may be, the phrase has relevance when it comes to caring for something that men and women both have and depend on—their hearts. Men’s and women’s hearts are essentially the same (like those towels), but there are ways in which they are strikingly different (like the watches). Here are five ways men and women are similar and different when it comes to heart disease as well as tips for what women can do to protect themselves from it.