A new study has revealed that Australian women tend to wait longer to seek emergency help for a heart attack than men.

Heart disease kills more than twice as many Australian women as breast cancer, and approximately 40 per cent of heart attacks in women are fatal. 

Consultant Cardiologist, Dr Esther Davis, told Sofie Formica on 4BC Afternoons, "I think that overall, women tend to think that heart disease isn't something that happens to women, and that still is the case despite, 20 years of us trying to trying to get the message out there."

"That leads to a couple of things, women don't tend to think they're having a heart attack when they have symptoms that might suggest it, but also they're less aware of their risk factors for having a heart attack," Dr Davis continued. 

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