A team of board-certified heart specialists - all women - are available to treat patient who prefer female physicians. They provide comprehensive cardiac care including diagnosis, disease management, electrophysiology intervention, vascular and cardiac surgery.
CARDIOLOGY APPOINTMENT PHONE 314-362-1291
VASCULAR SURGERY APPOINTMENT PHONE 314-747-8272
CARDIAC SURGERY APPOINTMENT PHONE 314-747-9461
From left to right:
Susan Joseph, MD cardiologist
Lynne Seacord, MD, cardiologist
Jane Chen, MD, cardiac electrophysiologist
Marye Gleva, MD, cardiac electrophysiologist
Anita Bhandiwad, MD, cardiologist
Angela Brown, MD, hypertension specialist
Kathleen Raman, MD, MPH, vascular surgeon
Jennifer Lawton, MD, cardiac surgeon
Patients Seen At:
Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Heart & Vascular Center
Center for Advanced Medicine
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
Surgery is performed at Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Why is heart disease in women different than in men?
- Heart disease disproportionately affects women of color, especially Hispanics and African Americans.
- Women are less likely to seek service than men.
- Heart disease disproportionately affects women of color, especially Hispanics and African Americans.
- If a woman has one risk factor (hypertension, high cholesterol, diabetes, or tobacco use), she has 40% lifetime risk of developing cardiovascular disease or stroke.
- The early signs and symptoms of heart disease in women are subtle and often atypical
- The progression of most cardiac conditions rises sharply after menopause
- Women who smoke risk having a heart attack 19 years earlier than women who do not smoke.
- Low levels of HDL cholesterol a stronger predictor of heart disease in women than in men.
- Medicines like hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and diseases primarily affecting women ( human papillomavirus (HPV) and osteoporosis) have some relationship, yet clearly defined, with heart and vascular disease
- Women are more likely to die one year after a heart attack than men.
- Women are more likely to spend longer in recovery after heart surgery, have more post operative infection, use more transfused blood and have a higher death rate than men. Their wound complications from heart surgery are also greater in women than men
The Washington University advantage to patients by the women's heart team
- Timely scheduling of appointments
- Can provide onsultative service to the primary physician or provide full management as preferred
- The use of electronic medical records produces quicker reports to the patient's referring physician
- Barnes-Jewish is a high volume center with top-range clinical outcomes
- Patients have access to clinical trials that provide options not offered to community settings.
- Patients have access to and benefit from collaboration with WU specialists in all fields of medicine
Benefits associated with better outcomes
The hypertensive specialist in this grou provide a high level of identification and management of hypertensive vascular disease (HVD), especially in women with other diseases (co-morbidities).
The cardiologists in this group provide cardiac diagnosis, a full range of testing and disease management for women of all ages with high cholesterol, valvular disease, coronary artery disease, heart failure and arrhythmias
This group has two cardiac electrophysiologists using advanced technology that allow complex catheter ablation strategies, including 3-D electroanatomic mapping, cryoablation, intracardiac imaging and magnetic navigation. They provide definitive care of arrhythmias for afib and ventricular tachycardia (VT), including refractory patients
The vascular surgeon provides management and surgical intervention for often under diagnosed arterial vascular disease, especially lower extremity vascular disease, carotid stenosis, AAA
The cardiac surgeon in this group provides options for off-pump coronary bypass (OPCAB) percutaneous and minimally invasive procedures to reduce higher surgical risk in women than men
All of the physicians and surgeons in this group are dedicated to education and wellness programs in nutrition and exercise to promote cardiovascular health for the women in their care.