Women and Cardiovascular Disease: What Can Health Care Providers Do to Reduce the Risks?

Paula Miller

doi:10.18043/ncm.77.6.406

Women and Cardiovascular Disease: What Can Health Care Providers Do to Reduce the Risks?

N C Med J. 2016 Nov-Dec;77(6):406-409. doi: 10.18043/ncm.77.6.406.

Author

Paula Miller¹

Affiliation

¹ clinical associate professor, University of Chapel Hill School of Medicine; director, Women's Heart Program; director, Cardiac Rehabilitation; co-director, Cardiology Clinic, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina paula_miller@med.unc.edu.

PMID: 27864490
DOI: 10.18043/ncm.77.6.406

Abstract

Cardiovascular disease impacts everybody and places significant burdens on the health care system. Educating women on their risks and how to reduce these risks will not only make women more aware but will help to improve lives and reduce health care costs. This commentary will review heart disease in women and what women can do to improve their cardiovascular health.

MeSH terms

Cardiovascular Diseases* / classification
Cardiovascular Diseases* / economics
Cardiovascular Diseases* / epidemiology
Cost of Illness*
Female
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health Personnel / education
Humans
North Carolina
Preventive Health Services* / methods
Preventive Health Services* / organization & administration
Risk Factors