Coronary Artery Disease

Survey Shows Serious Gaps in Physician and Patient Knowledge

Published in Women's Health Weekly, September 25th, 1995

To address a startling gap in knowledge about heart disease in women among both patients and primary care doctors, a national Women's Heart Health Initiative was announced September 14, 1995 by 'The Difference in a Woman's Heart' campaign and supported by the American Heart Association (AHA) and American Medical Women's Association (AMWA).

"Four out of five women and one out of three primary care physicians questioned in a recent Gallup survey do not recognize heart disease as the leading cause of death in American women," said Debra R. Judelson, a cardiologist and leader of AMWA's Education Project on Coronary Heart Disease in Women. "Despite all we hear about this...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (1995-09-25)

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