Clinical Training Course: Matters of the Heart

Drs. Erminia M. Guarneri and Elyse Foster

Recognize sex differences in symptom presentation associated with myocardial infarction in women; Discuss factors other than blood cholesterol that cause cardiovascular disease (CVD); Counsel patients about lifestyle modifications that prevent SVD and other diseases of aging; Distinguish normal physiologic changes in pregnancy from abnormal changes; and Provide prenatal care for pregnant women with heart disease.