Sri Lanka, March 11 -- The world celebrated International Women's Day last Friday. This week Consultant Clinical and Interventional Cardiologist Dr. Mohan Jayathilake (MD, MRCP) speaks about heart diseases in women.

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is still the leading cause of death in the world. It is the leading cause of death among women as well. Deaths due to CVD exceed the number of deaths from all cancers combined.The WHO defines Coronary Heart Disease(CHD) as an acute or chronically impaired performance of the heart caused by a reduction or complete interruption of cardiac muscle blood supply resulting from cholesterol and fat deposits (atherosclerosis) of coronary arteries. Atherosclerosis of coronary arteries leads to plaque format...