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About the Center for Women's Heart & Vascular Health

The Center for Women's Heart & Vascular Health aims to identify and better understand the development, treatment and prevention of heart disease in women. We are your source for the most accurate, comprehensive and current information on caring for women's hearts. [more...]

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Our goal is to have a significant impact on the human suffering and the escalating costs associated with heart disease in women. For the 43 million American women and 600,000 Texas women living with some form of cardiovascular disease, and for the families and communities who depend on them, achieving this goal is a must.

New! ♥ Free heart health screenings: Find one near you

See how we are making a difference: Women's cardiovascular research

Give us feedback or share your stories: women@texasheart.org

Standing strong together: Houston support group

Barbara Covington, businesswoman, songwriter and heart patient, shares some lessons she has learned after her health crisis was treated at Texas Heart Institute.

Updated May 2013

If you would like to find a THI heart doctor or need information about keeping your heart healthy, e-mail the
Heart Information Center or call 1-800-292-2221.
(Outside the U.S., call 1-832-355-6536.)

Texas Heart Institute Heart Information Center
Through this community outreach program, staff members of the Texas Heart Institute (THI) provide educational information related to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cardiovascular disease. It is not the intention of THI to provide specific medical advice, but rather to provide users with information to better understand their health and their diagnosed disorders. Specific medical advice will not be provided and THI urges you to visit a qualified physician for diagnosis and for answers to your questions.

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