Heart disease is number one killer of women

[KARE 11, December 28, 2016] Actress Carrie Fisher became a victim Tuesday of a threat to women that's bigger than cancer: Heart disease.

Cancer does kill a lot of women. Four of every 10 women who die between ages 45 and 64 die of cancer. But more than 1 in 3 women — 43 million — are living with cardiovascular disease, many without knowing it.

Dr. Alex Campbell, a cardiologist at the Minneapolis Heart Institute, talked with KARE 11 News about the threat.