Roxana Mehran, MD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women in the United States. Unfortunately, awareness about this fact remains low, with many believing breast cancer is the leading cause of death for women. Underestimation of heart disease risk in women has been an issue not only among women themselves but also among the health care community. However, positive change has occurred, with numerous campaigns and initiatives to increase women’s heart health awareness over recent years.
In this Q&A, Roxana Mehran, MD, Director of Interventional Cardiovascular Research and Clinical Trials at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Director of the newly launched Women’s Heart and Vascular Center at Mount Sinai, explains why it is important for women to know more about heart disease and to take control over their health.
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