Take our quiz and go to your next doctor appointment armed with information on your individual risk factors.
Please note: This tool is designed to help educate you about the risks of heart disease and is not intended to diagnose heart disease or serve as a substitute for your doctor's advice. Talk to your doctor about your risk of heart disease and how to reduce your risk.
Sandra Revill Tremulis, WomenHeart Champion and patient advocate, shares how she nearly lost her life to heart disease at age 39, despite her healthy lifestyle and passion for running, and how her good instincts, healthy lifestyle and a simple aspirin helped save her life.
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WomenHeart is the nation's only national organization solely dedicated to advancing women's heart health through advocacy, community education and patient support. A nonprofit advocacy organization, WomenHeart is a community of women heart patients and their families, health care providers, advocates and consumers committed to helping women live longer, healthier lives. For more information about WomenHeart, visit www.womenheart.org
The following sites offer additional
information about heart disease and
prevention:
WomenHeart
American Heart Association
WomensHealth.gov-Heart Disease
FAQ
CDC - Heart Disease Home
About.com: Heart Disease
Bayer Aspirin
American College of Preventive
Medicine
Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses
Association
Partnership for Prevention
Stanford Prevention Research Center
