WomenHeart: Living with Heart Disease

Guide to Treatment and Care

Are you a newly diagnosed heart patient? WomenHeart’s guide to treatment and care features information and tools to help you take the best care of yourself and your heart.

Self-Care and Emotional Wellbeing

A heart disease diagnosis can leave you feeling overwhelmed, depressed or anxious about your future. Staying on top of your emotional health and wellbeing is vital to your recovery and ability to make healthy lifestyle choices.

Heart Healthy Living

From quitting smoking to staying physically active, you can take steps to protect your heart health. Stay heart smart with these tips for heart healthy living.

For Friends and Family

Friends and family are an important part of the support system for a woman with heart disease. Use these tips and resources to support your loved one.

Peripheral Artery Disease (P.A.D.) Highlight

P.A.D. occurs when arteries in the legs become clogged with fatty deposits, reducing blood flow to the legs and causing leg pain when walking. Just like having blocked arteries in your heart, clogged leg arteries can increase risk for having a heart attack or stroke.

WomenHeart and the P.A.D. Coalition are proud to be partnering on an educational initiative to help women protect their heart health. Read the "P.A.D. and Women: What You Need to Know" brochure. Test your knowledge - take the !

Atherosclerosis Highlight

US AGAINST ATHERO is a national education program designed to raise awareness of atherosclerosis and how this chronic, progressive disease can destroy the health of our arteries and lead to heart attack, stroke, and other dangerous consequences. To learn more about the campaign, visit .