The Art Of Aging: The Heart Of The Matter
Katie Couric
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As I get closer to my 70th birthday, I’ve been thinking a lot about what it really means to age well. That’s what inspired “The Art of Aging,” where I’m talking with leading experts about the science of living healthier, longer. In this episode, I’m joined by Stacey E. Rosen, MD, immediate-past volunteer president of the American Heart Association and executive director of Northwell’s Katz Institute for Women’s Health, with whom we are partnering for this series, to talk about heart disease, the leading cause of death in women. We discuss why women have been overlooked in cardiovascular research, the symptoms too many of us miss, and what every woman should know to better understand and protect their heart health. #NorthwellPartner
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The Art Of Aging: The Heart Of The Matter
Katie Couric
105,846 views
As I get closer to my 70th birthday, I’ve been thinking a lot about what it really means to age well. That’s what inspired “The Art of Aging,” where I’m talking with leading experts about the science of living healthier, longer. In this episode, I’m joined by Stacey E. Rosen, MD, immediate-past volunteer president of the American Heart Association and executive director of Northwell’s Katz Institute for Women’s Health, with whom we are partnering for this series, to talk about heart disease, the leading cause of death in women. We discuss why women have been overlooked in cardiovascular research, the symptoms too many of us miss, and what every woman should know to better understand and protect their heart health. #NorthwellPartner
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In 2008 when I was 62 I was out of work and could secure interview after interview through my qualifications but in person I kept saying, "Excuse me, say that again?" While I could hear it, I could not comprehend a fast-spoken sentence. I'd been living with excruciating chest pain but I figured that was just my fear of becoming homeless.
Finally, I went to a city hospital in Manhattan and underwent a stress test on a treadmill but I could not do it as the pain increased dramatically. And I told the attendant: "I have excruciating chest pain." I found out later that she put on the report "Patient too fatigued to continue." (an absolute lie)
Finally, I begged them to do an echocardiogram and they found that my aortic valve was 99% closed. And then my first open heart surgery was badly botched -- they installed too small a heart valve and left debris in my heart.
One year later a world famous heart surgeon operated on me for free and corrected everything they had done wrong the year before. And here I am 17 years later still on the planet to be able to write about it.