Women and Heart Disease

We take special care of our women. Almost as many women as men die each year of heart disease in the United States. More women die from heart disease than all other causes of death in women combined! Despite inscrease in awareness over the past decades, only about half (56%) of women recognize that heart disease is their number 1 killer.

Learn more facts about women and heart disease:

  • Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women in the United States, killing 299,578 women in 2017 or about 1 in every 5 female deaths.
  • Heart disease is the leading cause of death for African American and white women in the United States. Among American Indian and Alaska Native women, heart disease and cancer cause roughly the same number of deaths each year. For Hispanic and Asian or Pacific Islander women, heart disease is second only to cancer as a cause of death.
  • About 1 in 16 women age 20 and older (6.2%) have coronary heart disease, the most common type of heart disease:
    • About 1 in 16 white women (6.1%), black women (6.5%), and Hispanic women (6%)
    • About 1 in 30 Asian women (3.2%)
       

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

About Ablation For SVT’s

About Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

About Electrophysiologic (EP) Study

About Biventricular Devices

About ICD Devices

What you need to know about your ICD

About Pacemakers

About Dysrrhythmias

About Watchman Device

About Internal Loop Recorder

 

DISCHARGE SUMMARIES

Discharge instructions after implantation of your pacemaker

Discharge instructions for patients with ICD

Discharge instructions for going home after Cardiac Catheterization


DEVICES

https://www.bostonscientific.com/

https://www.medtronic.com/us-en/patients.html

https://www.cardiovascular.abbott/us/en/home.html


CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE

Coronary Artery Disease

Heart Attack: Knowing your symptoms


HYPERLIPIDEMIA

General Information

NHLBI Patient Info Site - Heart & Vascular Diseases

Management

Cooking the Heart Healthy Way


HYPERTENSION

Management

DASH Diet

Medications

Calcium Channel Blockers


CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE

Cardiomyopathy

Congestive Heart Failure

Impella Heart Pumps

Management

Left Ventricular Assist Device

 

 

STROKE

Brain Basics: Preventing Stroke

Know Stroke. Know the Signs. Act in Time.

What is a Stroke?

Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) Information Page

NINDS Multi-Infarct Dementia Information Page

Medical Organizations

Children's Hemiplegia and Stroke Association

National Stroke Association

Society of Interventional Radiology


SMOKING SESSATION

Medical Organizations

American Lung Association

National Cancer Institute

Nicotine Anonymous World Services

Office on Smoking and Health


FROM YOUR PHYSICIAN

How to Prepare for your First Visit with a New Doctor

 

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