Menopause and Heart Disease

Dr Erin Michos, is associate professor of medicine within the Division of Cardiology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, with joint appointment in the Department of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She also is the director of women's cardiovascular health and associate director of preventive cardiology in the Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Baltimore, Maryland.

Dr Erin Michos discusses the relationship between menopause and heart disease and indicates that the menopause transition is a good time to get a cardiovascular check-up.

Content updated September 2023