Women’s Heart Disease

Women’s Heart Disease - How to prevent?

Women’s Heart Disease - Diagnosis

Women’s Heart Disease - Treatments

Once the patient learns what the correct diagnosis is and prescribed course treatment, she can be a proactive participant in her own recovery to good health.

A holistic approach to treating heart disease involves taking into account not just the care of a woman’s heart, but also her entire physical and psychosocial well-being. A healthy body and healthy mind are more likely to support a healthy heart.

Women’s Heart Disease - Preparing for surgery

Women’s Heart Disease - Post-surgery care

Cardiology,

Women's Heart Disease,

Broken Heart Syndrome,

Cardiovascular Disease

Article contributed by Department of Cardiology, National Heart Centre Singapore

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