Womens Cardiovascular Health
News and new technology innovations for women's cardiovascular health can be found on this channel page. While heart disease is the #1 killer of women, women are affected differently than men when it comes to presentation of heart attack symptoms. Read about the Diagnostic Differences in Women’s Heart Health. Additionally, women can face numerous cardiovascular issues related to pregnancy and increased risks due to changes to their bodies during and following pregnancy. Watch a VIDEO on cardio-obstetrics programs. Treatments for cancer, especially radiation and chemo for breast cancer, also can negatively affect the heart. Read about cardio-oncology.
News | Cardio-oncology | January 03, 2019
January 3, 2019 — Breast cancer patients who take a heart drug at the same time as trastuzumab have less heart damage,...
News | Womens Cardiovascular Health | November 29, 2018
November 29, 2018 — Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and snoring may lead to earlier impairment of cardiac function in...
Videos | Womens Cardiovascular Health | October 01, 2018
Cindy Grines, M.D., chair and professor, department of cardiology, Zucker School of Medicine, Hostra/Northwell, spoke...
Breast feeding may help reduce the stroke risk in women.
News | Stroke | August 22, 2018
August 22, 2018 — Breastfeeding is not only good for babies, according to new research in the Journal of the American...
News | Womens Cardiovascular Health | August 07, 2018
August 7, 2018 — Johns Hopkins researchers say a heart imaging study of scores of pregnant women with the most severe...
News | Cardio-oncology | August 07, 2018
August 7, 2018 — While heart failure is an uncommon complication of breast cancer treatment, the risk is higher in...
News | Stent Grafts | July 16, 2018
July 16, 2018 — Endologix Inc. announced one-year results from the LUCY (Evaluation of FemaLes who are Underrepresented...
Videos | Womens Cardiovascular Health | July 05, 2018
Malissa Wood, M.D., co-director of the Corrigan Women’s Heart Health Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, explains...
News | Womens Cardiovascular Health | May 03, 2018
May 3, 2018 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced the availability of a draft guidance for...
News | Congenital Heart | April 12, 2018
April 12, 2018 — Women who give birth to infants with congenital heart defects may have an increased risk of...
Videos | Womens Cardiovascular Health | March 21, 2018
A discussion with Doreen DeFaria Yeh, M.D., associate director, Massachusetts General Hospital Adult Congenital Heart...
News | ACC | March 15, 2018
March 15, 2018 — Women with normal blood pressure during pregnancy and who breastfed their babies for at least six...
News | ACC | March 15, 2018
March 15, 2018 — Women diagnosed with preeclampsia during pregnancy were significantly more likely to develop high...
News | Cardio-oncology | March 14, 2018
March 14, 2018 — After six months of follow-up, women newly diagnosed with breast cancer who were given the beta...
News | Cardio-oncology | March 14, 2018
March 14, 2018 — Breast cancer patients who started taking one of two well-known heart medications at the same time...
