Women's Health Issues
Volume 20, Issue 5 , Pages 299-303, September 2010

The Underappreciated Impact of Heart Disease

  • Emil M. deGoma, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr. Emil M. deGoma, 3400 Spruce Street, Penn Tower, 6th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19104.
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  • Ronald P. Karlsberg, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Research Foundation of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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  • Debra R. Judelson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Research Foundation of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
    • ,
  • Matthew J. Budoff, MD

      Affiliations

    • Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA, Los Angeles, California

Received 22 January 2010; received in revised form 3 May 2010; accepted 5 May 2010.

Abstract 

The 2009 recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force regarding mammography have called attention to the roles of prevention and screening in promoting women's health. We take this opportunity to raise awareness of another devastating illness in women, ischemic heart disease, and to suggest that screening for ischemic heart disease, by providing early detection and identifying women who would benefit most from intensified medical therapy, merits consideration.

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 Dr. deGoma's salary is partially funded via NIH National Heart Lung and Blood Institute grant K12 HL083772-01.

PII: S1049-3867(10)00058-7

doi:10.1016/j.whi.2010.05.001

Women's Health Issues
Volume 20, Issue 5 , Pages 299-303, September 2010

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