WOMEN'S - MD Atlanta

2015 Vol. 86, No. 5

WOMEN'S

HEART HEALTH

Articles Contributed By: Gina Price Lundberg, MD Carolina Gongora, MD Nanette K. Wenger, MD David Markham, MD Jonathan Kim, MD Ijeoma Isiadinso, MD

Spotlight:

Neuroscience

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Atlanta Medicine Editorial Board

Michael C. Hilton, MD, is in the private practice of general and forensic psychiatry in Atlanta, where he treats a wide range of adult psychiatric conditions. He is the 2012-2013 chairman of the Medical Association of Atlanta.

Nikhil Shah, MD, is the Chief of the Minimal Access and Robotic Surgery at Piedmont Health Care. He serves as the President and Founder of the Men's Health and Wellness Center of Atlanta.

Barry Silverman, MD, has practiced cardiology in Sandy Springs for 36 years and is on staff with Northside Cardiology.

Lance Stein, MD, practices transplant hepatology at the Piedmont Transplant Institute. He serves on national committees for the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, American College of Gastroenterology and the American Society of Transplantation.

W. Hayes Wilson, MD, is a physician with Piedmont Rheumatology Consultants, PC. He has served as Chair of the Medical & Scientific Committee of the Arthritis Foundation and Chair of the Division of Rheumatology at Piedmont Hospital.

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CARDIOLOGY

3 Contributors

4 Cardiovascular Disease

in Women By Gina Price Lundberg, MD, FACC

6 Gender and Ethnic Disparities

in Cardiovascular Disease By Carolina Gongora, MD

10 Noninvasive Testing in Women

with Suspected Ischemic Heart Disease BMyANCaPn, eFAttHe AK. Wenger, MD, MACC,

16Peripartum Cardiomyopathy 20 By David W. Markham, MD, MSc

Sports Cariology & Women's Heart Health

24 By Jonathan Kim, MD Prevention of Stroke in Women By Gina Price Lundberg, MD, FACC

SPECIAL FEATURE

27 TAVR Offers Hope to High-Risk

Heart Valve Patients By Helen K. Kelley

12 Assessing Cardiovascular Risk

in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Women By Ijeoma Isiadinso, MD, MPH, FACC

SPOTLIGHT

28 Neuroscience

By Helen K. Kelley

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CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

GUEST EDITOR

Gina Price Lundberg, MD, FACC, Dr. Lundberg is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Emory University and Clinical Director of the Emory Women's Heart Center. She is a Preventive Cardiologist with offices in East Cobb and Hiawassee. She started the first women's heart program in the state of Georgia in 1998. She is a National American Heart Association Spokesperson and is passionate about reducing cardiovascular disease in women.

Carolina Gongora, MD, Dr. Gongora is a Board certified cardiologist at the Emory Heart and Vascular Center and Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Gongora went to medical school in Bogota, Colombia, where she is from originally. She moved to Atlanta in 2005. Before starting her training in Internal Medicine and Cardiology at Emory University, Dr. Gongora did a post doctoral research fellowship in hypertension and renal disease. She is board certified in Cardiology, Internal Medicine and Echocardiography.

David Markham, MD, Dr. Markham is Associate Professor of Medicine and Medical Director of the Heart Failure, Assist Device and Transplant Program at Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital. He is a member of the Division of Cardiology at Emory University School of Medicine. He is interested in various aspects of peripartum cardiomyopathy, assist device physiology, and transplantation.

Nanette K. Wenger, MD, MACC, MACP, FAHA, Dr Wenger is Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology at the Emory University School of Medicine. Coronary heart disease in women is one of Dr Wenger's major clinical and research interests. She chaired the U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Conference on Cardiovascular Health and Disease in Women. Dr Wenger received the Physician of the Year Award of the American Heart Association (AHA). Dr Wenger received the Gold Heart Award, the highest award of the AHA. The American Society of Preventive Cardiology honored Dr Wenger by naming an annual Nanette K. Wenger Distinguished Lecture focusing on cardiovascular prevention in women.

Ijeoma Isiadinso, MD, MPH, FACC, Dr. Isiadinso is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine. She obtained a dual degree in medicine and public health at Drexel University School of Medicine. She completed her Internal Medicine residency and Cardiology fellowship at Temple University Hospital and served as Chief Cardiology Fellow. Her clinical and research interests include health care disparities, cardiovascular disease in rheumatic conditions, preventive health, lipid disorders and women and heart disease.

Jonathan Kim, MD, Dr. Kim is a sports cardiologist and Assistant Professor in the Division of Cardiology at Emory University. Dr Kim, a Fulbright scholar, received his B.S. in Biology at Emory University before attending Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital and cardiology fellowship at Emory University. Dr Kim holds an adjunct assistant professorship in the School of Applied Physiology at Georgia Tech. Dr Kim conducts his sports cardiology clinic at Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital.

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