Cardiomyopathy Quotes

“I was a twenty-six-year-old intern when I met Paula in the ER as Elmhurst. I was the supervising resident's face darken with worry as he realized the urgency of the situation; I saw the anguish of the cardiology team as they arrived too late to save her from a death that could have, should have, been prevented. If only the triage nurse had realized that she had recently given birth; if only her obstetrician had recognized her symptoms during her pregnancy as the onset of cardiomyopathy; if only the medical community hadn't spent the better part of two centuries ignoring and dismissing female cardiac patients such that even in the year 2004 the manifestations of heart disease in women remained underresearched and misunderstood.”
― Elizabeth Comen, All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women’s Bodies and Why It Matters Today