The Underappreciated Problem of Cardiac Disease in Women
Date Added:
November 20, 2019
Journal/Publication:
JN Learning
Publisher:
American Medical Association
Publication Date:
November 18, 2019
Type:
Meta-analyses, Reviews, and Guidelines
Format:
Web Page
Abstract
Barbra Streisand and Noel Bairey Merz, MD, director of the Streisand Women’s Heart Center at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, California, discuss the problem of cardiovascular disease in women and especially coronary microvascular disease, which causes an unusual presentation of cardiac ischemic disease in women.
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RPR Commentary
This is a 10 ½ minute audiotape on the incidence, consequences, evaluation, and management of coronary microvascular dysfunction in women. James W. Mold, MD, MPH