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Womens Heart Disease Program
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The need for outreach, prevention and improved diagnosis and treatment has never been clearer. Recent studies by the American Heart Association have shown the following sobering statistics and observations:
Only 13 percent of women believe that heart disease and stroke are the greatest health threat to women
Thirty-eight percent of women, compared to 25 percent of men, will die within one year of heart attack
More women than men die of stroke
Diagnosis of heart disease presents a greater challenge in women than in men
The Women’s Cardiovascular Center serves to identify gender differences in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease, including heart disease, stroke and vascular disease, and to apply this latest information rapidly into the clinical setting.
The Women’s Cardiovascular Center currently offers leading research and clinical care in the following areas:
Involvement in the latest research on gender differences in outcomes for diabetics, peripheral artery disease patients and treatment, as well as
cardiovascular adaptation to pregnancy
Education regarding gender differences in heart attack symptoms
Coordination with the University of Colorado Hospital Women’s Health Initiative to increase coordination and access to care for women
Increased hiring for providers specializing in this area of care
Coordination with the Cardiac & Prevention Center to provide gender-specific screening programs
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JoAnn Lindenfeld, MD
Professor of Medicine
Eugenia Carroll, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
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Patrice Spurck, RN, ANP
Cathy Kenny, RN, ANP
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