Talking to Your Health Care Provider About Your
Risk for Heart Disease and Stroke
Here are tools to help you learn more about your risk for heart disease and
stroke and to help you talk to your health care provider. Answer the questions below and
then take the answers with you on your next visit to your health care provider.
Did you know that, in the United States, more women die from heart disease than from
any other cause, including all types of cancer? Heart disease and stroke-two main
cardiovascular diseases-are the first and third leading causes of death for women in the
United States. Heart disease and stroke are serious and can lead to disability and a
decreased quality of life. Unfortunately, women don't take their risk for heart disease
and stroke seriously-or personally. They often fail to make the connection between risk
factors, or things that increase the chances of heart disease or stroke, and their own
chance of developing heart disease.
Are you at risk for heart disease or stroke? Take this
quiz to find out.
Questions to Ask Your Health Care Provider
Find out answers to key questions about your risk for heart disease and stroke.
Find out what the warning signs are for heart attack and stroke.
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