India, July 30 -- For a lot of women, menopause kind of feels like the stop of monthly cycles, and sort of the start of this fresh, new life chapter. But what is often unnoticed is that it is also a big pivot point for heart health, and it happens quietly. After menopause, the danger of heart disease rises a lot, so staying aware and doing prevention becomes way more important than before. In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Dr Sanjat Chiwane, senior director, cardiology, Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurugram, shares how heart disease risk increases after menopause and how to prevent it.

Dr Sanjat highlighted that a major part of it comes down to the drop in estrogen, which helps protect blood vessels and keeps cholesterol in a hea...