At Risk is a one-hour program that sheds much needed light on the subject of women and heart disease. From the first steps toward diagnosis to treatment options to the final stages of rehabilitation and recovery, the viewer is taken on a comprehensive tour of the heart disease experience. Women's Hearts At Risk powerfully demonstrates that heart disease has been overlooked by the medical profession and, as a result, by women themselves, according to medical journalist and heart patient Charlotte Libov , who served as a program consultant.
Polls invariably show that women believe that breast cancer is their biggest killer.
No one disputes the fact that breast cancer is a terrible disease. Experts also offer vital information that women need to know about gender differences in diagnostic tests and explain how women can lower the special risks they face when undergoing various cardiac procedures, including coronary bypass surgery. This program was produced in association with Connecticut Public Television.