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Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in women – contradicting the myth that heart disease is strictly a disease of men.

Columbia University Irving Medical Center cardiologists Nisha Jhalani, MD, and Elsa-Grace Giardina, MD, MS, discuss the prevalence of heart disease in women and the important role National Wear Red Day plays in raising awareness about this problem.