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February 24, 2021 @ 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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Women’s Heart Health Update
Women’s Heart Health Update
Presented by NYU Langone Health’s Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
Wednesday, February 24, 2021 | 5:00 – 6:00 PM
Join NYU Langone cardiologist Harmony R. Reynolds, MD, to hear about the latest groundbreaking research on women’s heart health. Dr. Reynolds discusses how issues unique to women and heart disease may impact medical treatment and shares how research efforts are helping to improve diagnosis and treatment of heart disease in women. Learn how additional imaging tests can provide information on why some women get heart attacks even without coronary artery narrowing.
Topics include:
- Why some women have unexplained chest pain and heart attack
- The latest research developments around stress levels and platelet activity in women
- Cardiovascular disease prevention in women across a lifetime