Speakers
Dr. Ting-Ting LOW
Director, Women’s Heart Health Programme, National University Heart Centre, Singapore
Assistant Professor Low Ting Ting is a cardiologist trained in adult congenital and structural heart disease, pulmonary hypertension and heart disease in pregnancy. She completed her advanced clinical fellowship in Toronto General Hospital and Mount Sinai Hospital, Canada and is currently the director of the Women’s Heart Health Programme in the National University Heart Centre, Singapore. The Women’s Heart Health Programme is the first in the nation to deliver gender-tailored care, and has its focus on pregnancy and heart disease, cardio-rheumatology including pulmonary hypertension, female phenotype coronary disease and cardiac rehabilitation for preventative cardiology.
Abstract
Coronary Heart Disease in Women; Y Does X Make A Difference?
Sypnosis: Sexual dimorphism in cardiovascular disease extends a wide spectrum. In particular to coronary artery disease, there are notable differences between women and men in terms coronary disease burden, risk factors, clinical presentation and prognosis. While there are still knowledge gaps in our understanding of the pathophysiologic basis for these sex differences, cardiac rehabilitation plays a potentially important role for effective sex-specific management strategies. This talk will provide current approaches to the evaluation and treatment of acute coronary syndrome and other coronary artery disease entities that have greater prevalence or unique considerations in women.