Those of us of an age for stroke likely are also at the age for myocardial infarcts (MI), commonly called "heart attacks." This is another case where prompt treatment is essential. Symptoms are widely known, with pain or tightening in the chest being a primary one.
It is unfortunately being found that women are "different" from men, and some are surprised by that. The clinker is that MI events are more frequently fatal for women. One postulate is that symptoms in women are sufficiently different from those for men that many emergency room persons, in the absence of the typical "male symptoms," send the women home without treatment - until it's too late.
It is easily seen that what once was primarily a "male defect" is now being found more often in women (that's progress for ya?), so studies are just beginning to appear to differentiate the signs and symptoms in women.
It appears that there is no general agreement on what symptoms in women are most likely to be indicators of an MI event. Various papers/articles have identified some symptoms that appear to be of significance, and to some extent which of the "male symptoms" are unlikely to appear in women.
For now, one of the better papers on the subject (that I've come across) is from the American Heart Association Journal(s). It is NOT digested down to "general public" level, with everything spelled out in biteable bits, but reasonably aware (i.e. breathing and know that they are) persons may get some idea of where the current thinking is going. Pick the 10% that is meaningful to you.
The abstract, useful only if you're worried about "credentials" and "authoritativeness," should open from: