Heart Failure in Women: Julie's Story

[00:00:00]I woke up at 5:30 on a Saturday morning and then I died.

[00:00:06]>> She wakes up and says, "I'm being defibbed." [music] >> The pacemaker didn't have enough charge to bring my heart back.

[00:00:13]>> About one in five people will develop what we typically call heart failure.

[00:00:19]As we look at older populations, that one in five is predominantly shifted towards women.

[00:00:24]>> I can't worry [music] that it's not going to work. You just have to take one day at a time and think for the better.

[00:00:35]>> [music]