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Harlan Krumholz, M.D., Cardiologist, Director, Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale University and Yale-New Haven Hospital
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Rachel Dreyer, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Associate in Medicine (Cardiology), Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale University
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Heart disease is the number one killer of women in the United States. Some of the symptoms and risk factors for heart disease and heart attack are different for women than men. Your risk may also be different from other women. But every woman can take steps to prevent heart disease by knowing her risk factors and making healthy changes.
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