Women's Heart Health - Megan Kamath, MD

Overview

Explore women's heart health in this 45-minute community talk by Dr. Megan Kamath, a cardiologist specializing in cardiovascular disease. Delve into cardiac anatomy, gender bias in heart health, and risk factors specific to women. Learn about blood pressure management, cholesterol, smoking, and stress impacts. Discover cardiovascular screening methods, common tests, and the importance of coronary calcium scans. Examine the relationship between pregnancy and heart health, and understand different types of heart failure, their symptoms, and treatment options. Gain practical knowledge on maintaining heart health through diet and exercise. Investigate topics such as heart-healthy diets, raising good cholesterol, sodium levels, echocardiograms, valve problems, and mobile screening. Understand the significance of heart murmurs and explore statistics related to women's cardiovascular health.

Syllabus

Introduction
Outline of Topics
Cardiac Anatomy 101
Gender Bias
Risk Factors for Heart Disease
Blood Pressure
Risks of Uncontrolled Blood Pressure
Cholesterol
Smoking
Female specific risk factors
Stress
Symptoms
Cardiovascular Screening
Further Tests
Common Tests
Coronary Calcium Scan
Pregnancy and Heart Disease
Women and Heart Failure
Types of Heart Failure
Symptoms of Heart Failure
Diagnosis of Heart Failure
Physical Examination
Treatment Options
What You Can Do
Know the Possible Symptoms
Know Your Blood Pressure
Heart Healthy Diet
Healthy Diet Tips
Exercise
Exercise Prescription
Recap
UCLA Womens Cardiovascular Center
Conclusion
Diets that might be hearthealthy
How to raise good cholesterol
Calcium scan
High sodium level
echocardiogram
valve problems
mobile screening
heart murmur
statistics
IBS diet