Welcome to the Heart Health Podcast Series, where we bring expert insights and practical advice to help you better understand and manage heart health. From heart disease in women to innovative treatments and lifestyle tips, this series is dedicated to empowering you with the knowledge to take charge of patients’ cardiovascular well-being as well as your own.  Whether you're looking to prevent heart disease or improve your heart health after a diagnosis, this podcast series brings you the latest knowledge and expert advice to support your journey to a healthier heart. Tune in, stay informed, and take the next step toward better heart health today!

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Guest: Sharonne N. Hayes, M.D.

 

Heart Health Edition: Heart Disease in Women

February 4, 2025

Host: Darryl S. Chutka, M.D.

We tend to think of heart disease as a health problem for men, yet it’s the leading cause of death for women in the United States and is responsible for over 1/3 of all deaths in women each year, more than all malignancies combined. Women tend to have more atypical symptoms and often delay seeking help when they have symptoms. As clinicians, we need to realize that we commonly underdiagnose heart disease in women. How do the symptoms of heart disease differ in women compared to men? Do women have different cardiovascular disease risk factors than men? And as health care clinicians, what do we need to do to be more aware of heart disease in our female patients? I’ll be asking these questions of my guest for this podcast as we discuss “Heart Disease in Women”. My guest is Sharonne N. Hayes, M.D., a cardiologist at the Mayo Clinic.