A woman's risk of dying from heart attack or stroke is 14 time greater than from breast cancer. Unlike breast cancer, most heart attacks and strokes are now considered largely preventable.

Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Heart Disease in Women

Why a Women's Heart Center? The American Heart Association's Red Dress Campaign (click here) is only the first step designed to inform the public, in particular, women, about the increasing cardiovascular death in women. The second step is an action step - recognizing and addressing the real problem with specific solution and NJ Women's Heart Center is a solution.