Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Women
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains a leading cause of mortality in women, necessitating innovative primary prevention strategies. Contemporary guidelines on primary prevention of CVD highlight the increasing prevalence of CVD risk factors and emphasize the significance of female-specific risk enha...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
2024-03-01
|
| Series: | Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://account.journal.houstonmethodist.org/index.php/up-j-mdbcj/article/view/1313 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1849469354793500672 |
|---|---|
| author | Izza Shahid Eleonora Avenatti Anoop Titus Sadeer Al-Kindi Khurram Nasir |
| author_facet | Izza Shahid Eleonora Avenatti Anoop Titus Sadeer Al-Kindi Khurram Nasir |
| author_sort | Izza Shahid |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains a leading cause of mortality in women, necessitating innovative primary prevention strategies. Contemporary guidelines on primary prevention of CVD highlight the increasing prevalence of CVD risk factors and emphasize the significance of female-specific risk enhancers that substantially augment the future risk of CVD. These risk factors occur throughout a woman’s life cycle, such as hormonal contraception, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, and menopause, all of which confer an added layer of risk in women beyond the conventional risk factors. Despite this, current methods may not fully capture the nuanced vulnerabilities in women that increase their risk of CVD. In this review, we highlight gender-specific risk enhancers and subsequent prevention as well as strategies to improve primary prevention of CVD in women. |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-92af2657bf1b45e087258fa2abe97d82 |
| institution | Kabale University |
| issn | 1947-6108 |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2024-03-01 |
| publisher | Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal |
| spelling | doaj-art-92af2657bf1b45e087258fa2abe97d822025-08-20T03:25:30ZengHouston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular CenterMethodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal1947-61082024-03-012029410610.14797/mdcvj.13131290Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in WomenIzza Shahid0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3975-1197Eleonora Avenatti1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7153-3790Anoop Titus2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2102-9529Sadeer Al-Kindi3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1122-7695Khurram Nasir4https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5376-2269Houston Methodist Academic Institute, Houston, Texas; Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston, TexasHouston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston, TexasHouston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston, TexasHouston Methodist Academic Institute, Houston, Texas; Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston, TexasHouston Methodist Academic Institute, Houston, Texas; Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston, TexasCardiovascular disease (CVD) remains a leading cause of mortality in women, necessitating innovative primary prevention strategies. Contemporary guidelines on primary prevention of CVD highlight the increasing prevalence of CVD risk factors and emphasize the significance of female-specific risk enhancers that substantially augment the future risk of CVD. These risk factors occur throughout a woman’s life cycle, such as hormonal contraception, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, and menopause, all of which confer an added layer of risk in women beyond the conventional risk factors. Despite this, current methods may not fully capture the nuanced vulnerabilities in women that increase their risk of CVD. In this review, we highlight gender-specific risk enhancers and subsequent prevention as well as strategies to improve primary prevention of CVD in women.https://account.journal.houstonmethodist.org/index.php/up-j-mdbcj/article/view/1313cardiovascular preventionwomen’s healthgender disparitiesequity |
| spellingShingle | Izza Shahid Eleonora Avenatti Anoop Titus Sadeer Al-Kindi Khurram Nasir Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Women Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal cardiovascular prevention women’s health gender disparities equity |
| title | Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Women |
| title_full | Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Women |
| title_fullStr | Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Women |
| title_full_unstemmed | Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Women |
| title_short | Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Women |
| title_sort | primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in women |
| topic | cardiovascular prevention women’s health gender disparities equity |
| url | https://account.journal.houstonmethodist.org/index.php/up-j-mdbcj/article/view/1313 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT izzashahid primarypreventionofcardiovasculardiseaseinwomen AT eleonoraavenatti primarypreventionofcardiovasculardiseaseinwomen AT anooptitus primarypreventionofcardiovasculardiseaseinwomen AT sadeeralkindi primarypreventionofcardiovasculardiseaseinwomen AT khurramnasir primarypreventionofcardiovasculardiseaseinwomen |