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Heart disease is the most common killer of American women. One out of every two women in the United States dies from heart disease, says IUSM cardiologist Dr. Elisabeth von der Lohe. Natural or surgical menopause increases a woman’s risk for heart disease, and women diabetics are more at risk for heart disease than male diabetics. In general, diagnosis and treatment of heart disease for women has nuances that are not standard in men, von der Lohe said.
Diabetes wipes out all vascular protection afforded women by their gender in the pre-menopausal state, said Dr. Alain Baron, director of IUSM’s Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism. Women are at greater risk of developing diabetes than men, and when they have it, their risk of vascular disease increases more than it does in men.
