Cardiovascular Diseases in Minnesota

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  Heart Disease in Women

  For decades, heart disease was considered a man's disease. But what many people don't' realize is that each year heart disease kills more women than men. And because of this misperception, women with heart issues sometimes don't get the diagnoses or care they need. Let's go to Mayo Clinic where doctors are trying to change that.

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  Resource: Women's Heart Clinic

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  Heart Failure

  Every year nearly half a million Americans are diagnosed with heart failure. It's a condition that results in your heart not being able to pump blood efficiently. Most cases are caused by coronary artery disease or years of high blood pressure. But the woman you're about to meet had heart failure for a very different reason. A common virus, likely a cold or flu, attacked her heart and nearly took her life. More from Mayo Clinic.

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  Resource: Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure

Radio

• Angioplasty

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• Angioplasty

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  Resource: Cardiovascular Diseases

Q & A Newspaper Column

• In Vitro Fertilization, Coronary Artery Blockages

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• Preventing Endocarditis: Where Antibiotics Need Not Apply

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  Resource: Cardiovascular Diseases

• Varicose Veins, Coronary Artery Blockages

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