{"id":40007,"date":"2025-02-04T18:51:46","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T23:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/?p=40007"},"modified":"2025-02-07T11:47:38","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T16:47:38","slug":"go-red-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/2025\/02\/04\/go-red-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s &#8220;Go Red&#8221; for Women&#8217;s Heart Health!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, Friday, February 7, you are invited to join our community which is in full support of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goredforwomen.org\/en\/\">&#8220;Go Red for Women&#8221; campaign<\/a>.\u00a0 This wonderful initiative was created to raise awareness to women&#8217;s heart disease and unite communities that are fighting for the eradication of heart disease and stroke. As you can see below, heart valve experts from all over the United States are showing their support to fight cardiac disease which accounts for 1 in 3 female deaths every year.<\/p>\n<p>That is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/surgeons\/dr-Vaughn-Starnes-Los+Angeles-California.php\">Dr. Vaughn Starnes<\/a>, my surgeon and the Surgeon-in-Chief of Keck Medicine of USC, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/surgeons\/dr-Craig-Baker-Los+Angeles-California.php\">Dr. Craig Baker<\/a>, Chief of Cardiac Surgery at Keck Medicine of USC in Los Angeles, California.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40017\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/..\/Images\/starnes-baker-go-red-for-women.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Vaughn Starnes and Dr. Craig Baker Go Red for Women\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In this special video, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/surgeons\/dr-Joanna-Chikwe-Los+Angeles-California.php\">Dr. Joanna Chikwe<\/a> answers 7 patient questions about heart valve surgery from a woman&#8217;s perspective.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/efhsyjd8Yp0?si=O8GabkdYTKXmpMaX\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nHere we have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/surgeons\/dr-Patrick-McCarthy-Chicago-Illinois.php\">Dr. Patrick McCarthy<\/a>, Executive Director of the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/..\/Images\/mccarthy-patrick-md-go-red-for-women.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Patrick McCarthy\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Yes! That is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/surgeons\/dr-Eric-Roselli-Cleveland-Ohio.php\">Dr. Eric Roselli<\/a>, Chief of Adult Cardiac Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/..\/Images\/roselli-eric-go-red-for-women.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Eric Roselli - Go Red for Women\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here we have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/surgeons\/dr-Marc-Gerdisch-Indianapolis-Indiana.php\">Dr. Marc Gerdisch<\/a>, Chief of Cardiac Surgery at Franciscan Health in Indianapolis, Indiana.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40012\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/..\/Images\/gerdisch-go-red.jpg\" alt=\"Marc Gerdisch, MD\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/surgeons\/dr-Tom-Nguyen-Miami-Florida.php\">Dr. Tom Nguyen<\/a>, Director of Minimally Invasive Valve Surgery and Chief Medical Executive of Baptist Health Miami Cardiac &amp; Vascular Institute.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40009\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/..\/Images\/tom-nguyen-go-red-for-women.jpg\" alt=\"Tom Nguyen Go Red for Women\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/surgeons\/dr-Ibrahim-Sultan-Pittsburgh-Pennsylvania.php\">Dr. Ibrahim Sultan<\/a>, Chief of Cardiac Surgery from UPMC in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40018\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/..\/Images\/ibrahim-sultan-md-go-red-for-women.jpg\" alt=\"Ibrahim Sultan, MD - Go Red for Women\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/surgeons\/dr-William-Brinkman-Plano-Texas.php\">Dr. Bill Brinkman<\/a>, a leading cardiac surgeon from Baylor Scott &amp; White The Heart Hospital &#8211; Plano in Plano, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40015\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/..\/Images\/brinkman-william-md-go-red-for-women.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Bill Brinkman Go Red for Women\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here we have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/surgeons\/dr-Christopher-Burke-Seattle-Washington.php\">Dr. Chris Burke<\/a>, a leading heart valve specialist from the UW Medicine Heart Institute in Seattle, Washington.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40010\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/..\/Images\/burke-christopher-md-go-red-for-women.jpg\" alt=\"Christopher Burke, MD - Go Red for Women\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/surgeons\/dr-Marko-Boskovski-San+Francisco-California.php\">Dr. Marko Boskovski<\/a>, a heart valve expert from the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) in San Francisco, California.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40011\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/..\/Images\/boskovski-marko-md-go-red-for-women.jpg\" alt=\"Marko Boskovski Go Red for Women\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And here is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/surgeons\/dr-S.+Chris-Malaisrie-Chicago-Illinois.php\">Dr. Chris Malaisrie<\/a>, a leading heart valve surgeon from the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40008\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/..\/Images\/malaisrie-go-red.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Chris Malaisrie - Go Red For Women\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To help educate you further about women&#8217;s heart health and the &#8220;Go Red for Women&#8221; initiative, here is some great information:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/go-red-women-dr-joanna-chikwe\/\">Dr. Joanna Chikwe Answers 7 Questions About Heart Disease from a Woman&#8217;s Perspective<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/smart-clinical-trial-women-aortic-stenosis\/\">Women&#8217;s Heart Health Alert: SMART Clinical Trial for Aortic Stenosis<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Keep on tickin!<br \/>\nAdam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34433,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adams-updates"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40007"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40074,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40007\/revisions\/40074"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}