If you have diabetes and are worried about your heart health, find out what you need to do.
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: Women should know that if they have diabetes, they should be treated as if they already have heart disease and that goes for men as well. Once a person has diabetes, the risk factor, the risk of heart disease tremendously increases.
So once one knows that there is diabetes and that it has to be treated then they have to be really indulgent regarding their cholesterol and they cannot, they should not be smoking. They should have their blood pressure under control because all these -- hand-in-hand --increase their risk.
Dr. Shokooh is also the co-author of Women and Heart Disease, An Epidemic
