Women and Heart Disease for Healthcare Providers

Dr. Leslie Cho,Director of the Women’s Cardiovascular Center and Co-Section Head, Preventive Cardiology discusses risk factors that clinicians can look for in women to prevent future heart disease (such as pregnancy associated cardiovascular risk factors, premature menopause, polycystic ovary syndrome, and autoimmune disease). Dr. Cho discusses research based and guideline directed strategies to initiate in patients with these risk factors.