Welcome to my podcast. I am Doctor Warrick Bishop, and I want to help you to live as well as possible for as long as possible. I’m a practising cardiologist, best-selling author, keynote speaker, and the creator of The Healthy Heart Network. I have over 20 years as a specialist cardiologist and a private practice of over 10,000 patients.
Dr. Warrick Bishop, a cardiologist, discusses women's heart health with guest Dr. Fiona Foe, highlighting the under-recognized risks and nuances for women in developing cardiovascular disease. They cover traditional risk factors such as cholesterol, blood pressure, and diabetes, emphasizing that these factors are often more problematic in women. Specific risk factors for women include adverse pregnancy outcomes, autoimmune diseases, breast cancer treatment implications, and mental health issues like depression and anxiety. They stress the importance of recognizing these risks, getting heart health checks, and being proactive in prevention. Dr. Bishop also mentions a virtual platform for easy access to calcium scoring for arterial imaging as a preventive measure against coronary artery disease.
Takeaways:
- Coronary heart disease is a significant health issue in Australia, being the second leading cause of death in women and causing more deaths than all cancers combined.
- Traditional risk factors like cholesterol, blood pressure, family history, and diabetes affect both men and women, but some, like smoking and obesity, pose greater risks for women.
- Sex-specific risk factors such as adverse pregnancy outcomes like gestational hypertension and gestational diabetes can increase the risk of future cardiovascular diseases in women.
- Autoimmune diseases like systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis significantly increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, especially in women.
- Breast cancer treatment, particularly radiation on the left side, can lead to delayed coronary artery disease and impaired heart function, increasing the risk of cardiovascular issues for breast cancer survivors.
- Mental health disorders like depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder are significant risk factors for cardiovascular disease, especially in middle-aged women, emphasizing the importance of managing both mental health and traditional risk factors.
- Awareness of non-traditional risk factors like autoimmune diseases, breast cancer treatment implications, and mental health conditions is crucial for women’s cardiovascular health, and a proactive approach to prevention, including heart health checks and lifestyle modifications, is recommended.
- Calcium scoring is highlighted as a valuable tool for assessing artery health and evaluating coronary artery disease risk, offering a quick and efficient method for screening, particularly when traditional and non-traditional risk factors are present.
Australia, like the rest of the western world, has a heart problem.
Over 9 million people around the world die from heart disease every year.
Every 10 minutes, someone in Australia suffers a heart attack. And 21 lives are lost daily because of it.
The devastating fact in all of this is…
Almost every one of those cases could have been prevented.
This podcast is for anyone who wants to improve their health literacy and gain information to help them make the best decisions about their risk of heart attack, their cholesterol, blood pressure, risk of diabetes, weight loss and general health. Join me on my personal mission journey to prevent Heart Attack on a global scale. If you like this podcast, I would be honoured by a 5-star review and appreciate if you let your friends and family know about this podcast; you may even save the life of someone you love!
Are You at Risk of a Sudden Heart Attack? How Healthy is Your Heart? Really?
Heart disease is the #1 killer in the Western World. In Australia, someone dies every 28 minutes from heart disease. That’s 51 people a day. In the US, someone has a heart attack every 40 SECONDS! Fortunately, many heart attacks are preventable. However, regular exercise and eating healthy are no guarantee you won’t succumb to this silent killer.
- 94% of Australians have at least One Risk Factor for heart disease.
- 59% of Australians have been Touched by heart disease.
- Yet only 3% of Australians have had a Full Heart-Health Assessment in the past 12 months.
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