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Title: A5 - Women and Heart Disease: Across the Lifespan
Disciplines: Women’s Health (WH), Advanced Practice (AP)
Learning Objectives:
- Identify cardiovascular risk factors that occur in women across their lifespan.
- Discuss typical, atypical and prodromal symptoms of heart disease in women.
- Describe traditional and novel cardiovascular diagnostic strategies in women.
Heart disease is the #1 killer of women and women of all ages are at risk. Younger women may develop premature heart disease due to unique or pregnancy related risk factors. Middle-aged women develop a clustering of heart disease risk factors around menopause. Women also present with atypical and prodromal heart attack symptoms.
Monday, September 27, 2010: 10:00 AM-11:30 AM
Venetian
Moderator:
Ruth A. Nolan, Ph.D.(c), RNC
Presenting Author:
Carolyn Strimike, RN, MSN, APN-C
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