after years of unexplained symptoms pariset ended up seeing richard becker a cardiologist at a hospitalnear us and he quickly realized what was going on he routinely carries out a diagnostic test that can identify spasms in the coronary arteries it's a form of and china that's more common in women and it often goes under because doctors are conditioned to search for the forms of heart disease that are most common in men. even though the necessary test isn't difficult only a few hospitals in germany offer it as part of a routine cardiac work up that's one reason why baca founded a center for women's heart health a move that raised eyebrows among some of his colleagues here for not happy on the scent of a fallen hats and when we founded the women's heart center year and a half ago many of my colleagues were amused. a highly respected senior cardiologist even said that focusing on women's hearts was frivolous. fallen. shows that there's still not enough awareness about these issues. that's despite the fact it's long been known that men and women are different when it comes to heart disease