Noel Bairey Merz

Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai

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Director of the Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai.

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Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S. But symptoms of the disease – and of heart attacks – can differ between men and women.

Women are more likely to survive heart attacks if treated by female doctors, study says

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S. But symptoms of the disease – and of heart attacks – can differ between men and women.

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