About the Center
To raise awareness of the cause, symptoms, and prevalence of heart disease in women, The Valley Hospital has established The Center for Women’s Heart Health. The goal of the Center is to educate women on preventing, diagnosing and treating heart disease in women.
Advanced Practice Nurse Denise Goldstein, N.P., conducts heart risk appraisals at the Center for Women’s Heart Health. Call her today at 201-447-8125.
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Heart Risk Assessment
The Center offers a comprehensive Heart Risk Assessment for women. Call 201-447-8125 for more information or to make an appointment. The assessment is conducted by Advanced Practice Nurse Denise Goldstein, N.P., and it includes:
- A medical history
- Blood pressure screening
- Heart auscultation measurements, including heart rate, rhythm, and presence of murmur
- Lung auscultation measurements
- Pulse assessments including carotid and peripheral pulses
- Blood glucose monitoring
- Limited neurological assessment
- Ankle-brachial index
- Reynold’s Risk Score
Risk Factors for Heart Disease in Women
Risk factors for heart disease in women include:
- Age (55 years or older)
- Family history of early heart disease (father or brother affected before age 55, mother or sister affected before age 65)
- High blood cholesterol (high total cholesterol and high LDL, or “bad,” cholesterol)
- Low HDL (“good”) cholesterol
- Smoking
- High blood pressure
- Diabetes: If you have diabetes, your risk for developing heart disease is high, as high as a heart disease patient’s risk for having a heart attack.
- Obesity/being overweight
- Physical inactivity
Fast Facts
- Heart disease is the number one killer of women over the age of 25
- One in every three women dies of heart disease. One in 30 dies of breast cancer.
- Nearly two-thirds of American women who dies suddenly of a heart attack had no prior symptoms.
- Americans can lower their risk of heart disease by as much as 82 percent just by leading a healthy lifestyle.
- 50 million Americans have metabolic syndrome putting them at an increased risk for diabetes and heart disease.
Let Us Speak to Your Group
Representatives of the Center for Women’s Heart Health are available to speak to community and civic groups. There is no charge. Let us share with you ways of living heart-healthy. Call 201-447-8125.
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