The effect of a women- and healthcare-provider-focused heart health awareness initiative on diagnostic catheterization rates in women at community hospitals.

The American College of Cardiology-National Cardiovascular Data Registry was used to assess the impact of a community education campaign related to heart disease in women on the number of women, relative to men, receiving diagnostic catheterization prior to initiation of the campaign and at 2-year follow-up. Catheterizations fell 7.03% in men and 0.