Heart disease is a leading cause of death and disability in women in the United States. This may be surprising since some people think heart disease is a disease that affects men. Women may not be aware of their risk of heart disease, and they may not recognize the symptoms since it can sometimes present differently in women.
In this video, learn the risk factors and symptoms of heart disease in women.
Dr. Goldberg is a Cardiologist and served as the Medical Director of the NYU Langone Health Joan H. Tisch Center for Women’s Health. She is currently an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.
Rachel Bond, MD, FACC, is a Cardiologist at Dignity Health and served as Associate Director of the Women's Heart Health Program at Northwell Health, Lenox Hill Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Cardiology at Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine.
Dr. Bhusri is an attending cardiologist at the Lenox Hill Heart & Vascular Institute and an assistant professor of cardiology at Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine.
Joan Pagano is an exercise physiologist in New York City.
References
American Heart Association. (n.d.). Birth control and heart disease in women.
American Heart Association. (n.d.). Heart disease causes pregnancy-related deaths.
American Heart Association. (n.d.). The facts about women and heart disease.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2018). Preventing 1 million heart attacks and strokes.
Elkayam, U., et al. (2016). High-risk cardiac disease in pregnancy: Part I. Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Gunderson, E.P., et al. Gestational diabetes history and glucose tolerance after pregnancy associated with coronary artery calcium in women during midlife: The CARDIA study. Circulation.
National Heart, Blood, and Lung Institute. (2023). Women and heart disease.
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