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Cardiovascular disease is the Number 1 killer of women over age 25 in the United States, regardless of race or ethnicity. The death rate from cardiovascular diseases has decreased among men, but continues to increase in women. 1 in 4 women have some form of cardiovascular disease and 1 in 3 American women dies from heart disease. It claims the lives of more women than all forms of cancer combined.

A women’s heart is different. At the Women’s Cardiovascular Center at Cleveland Clinic, women can get comprehensive heart care, designed to meet their unique needs. The multidisciplinary team of physicians, nurse practitioners, dietitians, exercise physiologists and other health-care professionals is devoted to providing excellent care to women with cardiovascular disease and to help women prevent heart disease.

Take this opportunity to learn more about women and cardiovascular disease, including treatment and prevention, and have your questions answered by Dr. Leslie Cho from the Cleveland Clinic

Leslie Cho, MD, is the Director of the Cleveland Clinic’s Women’s Cardiovascular Center. She is also Section Head of Preventive Cardiology and Rehabilitation in the Robert and Suzanne Tomsich Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Cho is board-certified in interventional cardiology, cardiovascular medicine, and internal medicine and her specialty interests focus on general cardiology, heart disease, and peripheral arterial and vascular disease and their attendant therapies and treatments. Dr. Cho specializes in heart disease in women.

Dr. Cho’s specializes in heart disease in women and her clinical research interests are women and heart disease and the role of nutrition in hypercholesterolemia. Dr. Cho has garnered her many grants to study the various therapeutic treatments for heart disease. In 1998, she received the American Heart Association’s Women in Cardiology award and in 1999, the World Heart Federation named her Fellow of Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Prevention.