“Heart Smarter for Women is the GPS for women to most efficiently optimize their heart health and that of their families and communities.”
C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD, FACC, FAHA, FESC
Professor of Medicine , Director, Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center and Preventive Cardiac Center , Director, Linda Joy Pollin Women’s Heart Health Program and Erika J. Glazer Women’s Heart Research Initiative, Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
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About The Katz Institute for Women’s Health
The Katz Institute For Women’s Health provides a complete healthcare approach focused on providing a continuum of care over a woman’s lifespan. Every day, KIWH defines the standards of excellence in patient-centered women’s health care through coordinated sex- and gender-based clinical care, health education focused on prevention and well-being, and the support of sex- and gender-specific research. The KIWH network of women’s health experts is exclusively dedicated to raising every aspect of women’s health and partnering with women across all ages of life to better manage their health and unique medical needs.
About the Authors
The Heart Smarter team is composed of leading cardiologists Drs. Jennifer H. Mieres and Stacey E. Rosen, patient advocate Lori Russo, and seasoned nutritionist Marissa Licata. Drs. Mieres and Rosen have over 50 years of combined experience in cardiovascular medicine treating women of all races, ethnicities, and ages. Frequently featured in the media as the experts in women’s cardiovascular health, they are passionate about spreading awareness about heart disease prevention.
Women’s Heart Health
The program outlined in Heart Smarter for Women makes healthier hearts more easily attainable for women of all ages so they can lead longer, happier, healthier lives. No matter who you are, you can make it your mission to become smarter about your heart health.
More than 90%
of all women have one or more risk factors of heart disease
Nearly 1 out of 3
women living in the United States suffers from some form of heart disease
An 80% decrease
in heart disease simply by making healthy lifestyle changes