Did you know that a woman experiencing a heart attack won't necessarily have the same symptoms a man would have? And that heart disease, not breast cancer is the #1 killer of women in the United States?

It's so important women know what red flags to look out for relating to their heart health, and playing a sport like tennis can help women both maintain heart health and even identify underlying cardiac issues. Not to mention, a 2017 Copenhagen City Heart study found that playing tennis may increase life expectancy by 9.7 years!

We sat down with former USTA Eastern junior, Dr. Ersilia M. DeFilippis who is an Assistant Professor of Cardiology and Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center to find out how women in particular can benefit from playing tennis.

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