Hear What the Top Female Doctors of Penn Cardiac
and Vascular Care are saying about Women and Heart
Disease
Keeping heart-healthy lifestyles and becoming
aware of heart disease are just some of the things
women should do to take care of their hearts.
Hear what some female doctors of Penn Cardiac
and Vascular Care are saying about women and heart
disease.
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"Women need to stop caring for all the members
of their families for a few minutes and start
caring for themselves. They need to know their
risk factors for heart disease and take steps
to reduce future risk. Heart disease kills women
five times more than any cancer in the U.S."
--
Mariell Jessup, MD
Medical Director, Heart Failure & Transplant
Program
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania |
| "I often talk
to women who insist that their husbands
get evaluated, but they don’t apply
the same standards to themselves. When having
a heart attack, women delay going to a hospital
more than three hours longer than men do.
Women need to get to the emergency room
quickly so that their symptoms can be evaluated
promptly.
"If I could tell my female patients one
thing, it would be to stop smoking! The only young
women I’ve seen with heart attacks are smokers."
-- Susan
Wiegers, MD
Director, Clinical Echocardiography Laboratory
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania |
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"Women don't realize how important heart
disease is to their own health. There's
a major disconnect between what women know
about heart disease and what they actually
do to prevent it. They don't pay attention
to their symptoms or take preventive measures.
Why aren't women talking about heart disease
with their primary care physicians? They
are talking about breast cancer.
"Women are starting to understand that heart
disease is important but they still aren't connecting
it to themselves and taking the steps to prevent
it. Think about your risk factors and take care
of them before you end up in a cardiologist's
office."
--Ruchira
Glaser, MD
Interventional Cardiologist
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania |
For more information or to schedule an appointment
with a Penn Cardiac and Vascular Care Cardiologist,
call 1-800-789-PENN (7366) or visit the Penn
Cardiac and Vascular Care web site.
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