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www.heartcaring.com North Kansas City Heart Caring takes a unique approach to women’s heart health. Heart Caring partners with physicians and physicians with women to increase awareness and provide education. The program requires physicians to be certified in women’s heart health, including the latest technology and science behind the symptoms, testing, diagnoses and treatment. The process is unique to women, for women.
Consultants are working to educate women about this threat. As a result, women are becoming more proactive consumers. While it is recognized that the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease has been based on studies predominantly performed in white middle-aged males, diagnostic testing and therapies that are tailored to and accurate in women are evolving.
enhance magazine
By Tracy L. Stevens, M.D.
Saint Luke’s Muriel I. Kauffman cardiologists of Cardiovascular
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Cardiovascular disease is the No. 1 health threat to women in our country. It is the leading cause of death in women over the age of 35 and kills more women than all cancers combined.
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