In our LifePod�s Getting to the Heart of Women�s Health� volumes 1 through
5, you will meet women of all ages who took control, and with the guidance of
caring experts from The Heart Center at Sinai and Northwest Hospital Center,
have turned frightening news into new beginnings.
Volume 1 � Young Women and Heart Disease
In the first volume, you�ll hear
from Dr. Stacy Fisher, M.D. from the Heart Center at Sinai and Northwest Hospital
Center and from Tracy, the model of a healthy, young woman in the prime of her
life. Tracy, a busy wife, mother and nursing student, had her whole world turned
upside down in the blink of an eye when she was diagnosed with heart
disease.
Dr. Stacy Fisher is Tracy�s cardiologist from the Heart Center at Sinai and
Northwest Hospital Center. She sees women of all ages who are stunned when they
find out they have this potentially life-threatening disease. In fact, one-third
of the women who have heart attacks is under the age of 45, and four out of ten
women die from their first attack.
Volume 2 � Women and Bypass Surgery
These are the words that every woman
dreads, You have heart disease, and you need surgery.� However, there is help
and hope. Cardiologists at the Heart Center at Sinai and Northwest Hospital
Center perform miracles every day with their surgical skills and experience.
Then, the rest is up to each individual.
Julie had symptoms for several weeks before she got
help, even though she has a history of heart problems in her family. With
help from a Northwest Hospital Center cardiologist and the Heart Center at Sinai,
Julie didn�t miss a beat when it came to changing her lifestyle.
As Julie explains in this volume, many of her best weapons are now in her own
kitchen cabinets and in her basement.
Volume 3� Women and Congestive Heart
Failure
Heart disease is the
leading cause of death in both women and men. Congestive heart failure and, in
fact, all heart disease, can be caused by many different things including
heredity, untreated high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity, smoking and
conditions such as diabetes.
In this volume, you�ll hear from Patricia and her physician, Dr. Ramona
Gelzer Bell, M.D. , a cardiologist at Northwest Hospital Center and the Heart Center at
Sinai. Dr. Gelzer Bell explains that one reason that congestive heart failure is
dangerous is because women have symptoms that are not always associated with
heart trouble. In this volume, you�ll hear from Dr. Gelzer Bell, who explains
the common symptoms and methods for preventing and treating congestive heart
failure.
Volume 4 � Cardiac Rehab � Tips for a Healthy Heart+
In this volume, you�ll hear healthy heart tips from Suzanne, a 90-years-young
double bypass surgery patient, and her experts at Cardiac Rehab at LifeBridge
Health & Fitness, who helped her get her life back.
You�ll also hear from Loraine, a special education teacher, who had quadruple
bypass surgery. The surgery saved her life to begin with, but then Loraine, her
physicians and experts from LifeBridge Health & Fitness became a team. In
this volume, you�ll hear Loraine�s tips on diet and exercise as she strives for
a healthier heart.
Volume 5 - Finding Vital Clues
The improvement and betterment of
people�s lives are what it�s all about for the professionals at Northwest
Hospital Center and the Heart Center at Sinai.
In this final volume, you�ll hear from Dr. Paul Gurbel, M.D., the director of the
Helen Dalsheimer Division of Cardiology. Dr. Gurbel explains how high priority
research at the Heart Center at Sinai is helping people find vital clues to help
now and in the future.
