title: Women and Cardiovascular Disease: What Can Health Care Providers Do to Reduce the Risks?
abstract: Cardiovascular disease impacts everybody and places significant burdens on the health care system. Educating women on their risks and how to reduce these risks will not only make women more aware but will help to improve lives and reduce health care costs. This commentary will review heart disease in women and what women can do to improve their cardiovascular health.
authors.affiliation: clinical associate professor, University of Chapel Hill School of Medicine; director, Women's Heart Program; director, Cardiac Rehabilitation; co-director, Cardiology Clinic, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina paula_miller@med.unc.edu.
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology; D017281:Cost of Illness; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education; D006801:Humans; D009657:North Carolina; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D012307:Risk Factors