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Do you treat heart disease differently in women?

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Do you treat heart disease differently in women?

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Women present with heart disease differently than men—yet another way that men and women are different. In this video, HealthMaker Jeff Olgin, MD, a cardiologist at UCSF, explains why cardiac care takes gender into account.

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