Most women don’t know that heart disease is the number one killer of women in the U.S. At the Karen Yontz Women's Cardiac Awareness Center, our goal is to raise awareness and educate women with the tools and information they need to lead a more heart-healthy lifestyle.
We promote wellness, advocate for early diagnosis, and ultimately, aim to help decrease the incidence of heart disease in women. We care for the special hearts of women and we empower you to do the same.
As a non-clinical resource center, we offer a wide variety of informative, educational and supportive tools and services to help you make heart-healthy decisions – even if you haven’t talked to your doctor yet. These services include:
Though these are just some of the considerations you should be aware of, our center can help provide further education – and no one is a better advocate for your health than you are.
Our center is named after Karen Yontz, a young woman who fought an inspiring battle against both cancer and debilitating heart disease. After beating Hodgkin’s lymphoma in her 20s, Karen experienced a heart attack at 40 and passed away from heart-related complications at 48. In addition to this center, Aurora St. Luke’s is also home to the Karen Yontz Center for Cardio-Oncology, our team dedicated to treating heart-related complications of cancer treatment.
Karen recognized the far-reaching impact heart disease has on individuals and families as well as communities. Inspired by her story, the knowledgeable, helpful staff at our center is eager to listen and help you find a path to a healthier heart – for you and for your loved ones. We’re here to guide you to the information you need.
Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center
2900 West Oklahoma Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53201
414-649-5767
Knowing your risk factors of heart disease – the leading cause of death in the U.S. – can help you lower your chances of developing it. Our heart health quiz estimates your risk, determines which of your risk factors are controllable and gives you an idea what to do next based on your results.
We help you live well. And we’re here for you in person and online.