Ask the Heart Doctor | Women’s Heart Disease and Surgery

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Do you have questions about how to care for your heart? You’re not alone. Our women’s heart care experts answer real questions from people like you in this on-demand webinar. Learn what you’ve always wanted to know about women’s heart care, from risk prevention to unique symptoms to specialized treatment options.

Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:55 Coronary Artery Disease: What are diagnostic tests and treatment options for women? What does recovery look like with surgery for women? When is surgery better?
8:23 Valve: Minimally-invasive procedures vs. open surgery in women, what is factored in? Does age impact decision-making?
16:55 How should women with heart disease choose their doctor?
19:38 Aortic aneurysm: What is it and what size requires surgery?
23: 55 Prevention: Does losing weight help with heart disease? Can you get off weight loss drugs? Can hormone replacement therapy impact the heart?
28:30 Afib: What are prevention methods and treatment options, including stroke prevention? Should those with Afib avoid certain things?
35:54 Heart failure: How is heart failure different for women?
38:18 Prevention: What is a calcium score and how does a doctor use the results?
42:17 Final messages from the doctors

Our heart care experts:
Interventional cardiologist Leslie Cho, MD – https://cle.clinic/3xVv1tR
Cardiologist Christine Jellis, MD, PhD, MBA – https://cle.clinic/3Ijx2pj
Cardiothoracic surgeon Donna Kimmaliardjuk, MD, FRCSC – https://cle.clinic/3VprUsD

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