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Dr. Gretchen Wells, medical director of the University of Kentucky Gill Heart & Vascular Institute’s Women’s Heart Health Program, with team.
Gill Heart & Vascular Institute Women’s Heart Health Program UK Good Samaritan Medical Office Building 125 E. Maxwell St. Second Floor, Suite 200 Lexington, KY 40508 859-323-3231 www.ukhealthcare.uky.edu/gillheart-vascular-institute
FACTS FROM THE WOMEN’S HEART HEALTH PROGRAM »
Studies have shown women with coronary artery disease often visit their doctors later than men do, and women with coronary disease may have fewer cardiac diagnostic procedures performed on them.
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Women who have diabetes are at much greater risk for coronary artery disease.
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Women with dyslipidemia (bad cholesterol) require special attention because the national guidelines for ideal cholesterol levels in women vary slightly from those in UK HealthCare men.
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Hormone replacement therapy in women with coronary artery disease is complex UK_HealthCare and requires special attention by a skilled medical team to stay current on the recommendations from emerging research.
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Get enough sleep – at least eight hours per night.
