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Shalizeh Shokooh, M.D., Co-Medical Director and Cardiologist
Visit Dr. Shalizeh Shokooh, M.D., the Co-Medical Director
Cardiologist of St. Joseph Hospital Women’s Heart Center in Orange, CA
Dr. Shalizeh Shokooh: So the new guidelines recommend taking a small dose of aspirin which is baby Aspirin -- 81 mg. for women after age 65, but if a women is at risk for heart disease and they have the risk factors or they have heart disease, the recommendation is the higher dose of Aspirin at 325 mg a day.
Dr. Shokooh is also the co-author of Women and Heart Disease, An Epidemic
