Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is one of the leading causes of death in women in Canada and worldwide. Well-established cardio-metabolic risk factors for CVD remain under-diagnosed and under-treated in women and sex-specific risk enhancers of CVD, such as hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, polycystic ovarian syndrome, premature menopause, among others, remain under-recognized.
Women are also under-represented in clinical trials, making it challenging to advance care and improve outcomes. Even after establishing a diagnosis, women are less likely to receive guideline-directed medical therapy for many cardiac diseases.
The landscape of cardiovascular pathology in women is continually evolving, which adds to the challenge of providing the best possible care for our patients. Some examples include:
- Dr. Maria Agustina Lopez Laporte, Program Lead
Conducting a pilot program locally will be a strong stepping stone for nationwide adoption of the curriculum to all adult cardiology residency programs across the country, and internationally. It also creates an opportunity to build capacity and transform learners into teachers, and expand and adapt our proposed curriculum to the needs of other related disciplines including internal medicine and family medicine.
The pilot program spans the three years of the adult cardiology residency training program and includes:
Module 1
Presenter:
Dr. Maria Agustina Lopez Laporte
University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON
Module 2
Presenter:
Dr. Erin Michos
Johns-Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, USA
Module 3
INOCA: When to Suspect and How to Address
Presenter:
Dr. Christine Pacheco
Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC
Module 4
Presenter:
Dr. Paula Harvey
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON | @docPaulaHarvey
Module 5
Presenter:
Dr. Martha Gulati
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center’s Smidt Heart Institute
Los Angeles, California, USA | @drmarthagulati
Module 6
Presenter:
Dr. Judy Luu
McGill University
Montreal, QC | @JudyMLuu
Module 7
Presenter:
Dr. Doreen DeFaria Yeh
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Module 8
Presenters:
Dr. Amélie Paquin
Fellow at Cedars-Sinai, California, USA
Module 9
Presenter:
Dr. Natalie Dayan
McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC
Module 10
Presenter:
Dr. Habibat Garuba
The Ottawa Hospital
Ottawa, ON | @DrHGaruba
Module 11
Ischemic Heart Disease in Pregnancy
Presenter:
Dr. Malissa Wood
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Module 12
Presenter:
Dr. Isabelle Malhamé
McGill University Health Centre
Montreal, QC | @IsabelleMalhame
Lecture at Harvard’s Course - Advancing Cardiovascular Care for Women. Lancet Commission on How to Reduce Global Cardiovascular Disease Burden. Presented by Roxane Mehran, Mount Sinai Professor Of Cardiovascular Clinical Research and Outcomes, Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), and Population Health Science and Policy, Director of Interventional Cardiovascular Research and Clinical Trials, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA. May 20, 2022. Online.