{"id":322613,"date":"2026-06-04T15:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T15:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/322613\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T15:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T15:20:08","slug":"university-health-looks-to-fill-health-care-gap-with-womens-heart-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/322613\/","title":{"rendered":"University Health looks to fill health care gap with women&#8217;s heart center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityhealth.com\/services\/heart-vascular\/facilities\/womens-heart-center\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">University Health\u2019s Women&#8217;s Heart Center<\/a>\u2014the first of its kind in South Texas\u2014is filling a gap in the San Antonio-area health care community.<\/p>\n<p>More women are more likely to die from a heart attack than breast cancer, which is why Dr. Ildiko Agoston, a cardiologist at University Health, founded the Women\u2019s Comprehensive Health Institute at the Medical Arts and Research Center and later became the inaugural medical director of University Health Women\u2019s Heart Center.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore than 15 years ago, I knew that women needed special attention to their hearts,\u201d Agoston said.<\/p>\n<p>The women\u2019s heart center, located in Babcock Tower II, Ste. 110 at 2833 Babcock Road, sees adult women age 18 and older for various heart diseases. Agoston said they see patients experiencing spontaneous coronary artery dissection and stress cardiomyopathy. She also said the center sees women who are going through chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer or ovarian cancer.<\/p>\n<p>University Health Women\u2019s Heart Center opened in May 2025 and recently moved to a designated clinic location in April. Agoston said cardiologists and mid-level providers in the clinic are women.<\/p>\n<p>Why it matters<\/p>\n<p>Agoston said women can also present late during a heart attack. Instead of experiencing chest pain, heart attacks in women are usually accompanied by shortness of breath, fatigue or indigestion.<\/p>\n<p>There are also special heart attack risk factors associated with being a woman. For example, women can become pregnant, which can lead to preeclampsia or gestational diabetes, Agoston said.<\/p>\n<p>She also said women have smaller hearts and smaller arteries, which means they are less likely to receive a stent due to their \u201ccoronary anatomy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Staying prepared<\/p>\n<p>Agoston encourages women to schedule a baseline evaluation with their primary care physician to check their cholesterol and sugar levels.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"University Health\u2019s Women&#8217;s Heart Center\u2014the first of its kind in South Texas\u2014is filling a gap in the San&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":322614,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[114428,698,18789,115431,1562,13982,115432,359,82,84,83,2428,7801],"class_list":["post-322613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-accessible-health-care","tag-bexar-county","tag-buda","tag-first-women-heart-center-in-south-texas","tag-health-care","tag-kyle","tag-menopause","tag-new-braunfels","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-san-marcos","tag-university-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/322614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}