Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in women. Decades of grassroots
campaigns have helped to raise awareness about the impact of cardiovascular disease in …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of premature death for women in
Canada. 1 Although it has long been recognized that estrogen impacts vascular responses …

Over the past decade, scientists, healthcare providers, the public, and policy makers have
made substantial efforts to improve understanding of the sex/gender* differences in …

A recent report of the EuroHeart project has shown that women are still underrepresented in
many cardiovascular clinical trials, while important gender differences are present within …

This Atlas chapter summarizes sex-and some gender-associated, and unique aspects and
manifestations of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in women. CVD is the primary cause of …

In 2001, the Institute of Medicine (now known as the National Academy of Sci-ence)
published a seminal monograph, Exploring the Biological Contributions to Human Health …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality in women. In fact, CVD is
responsible for a third of all deaths of women worldwide and half of all deaths of women …

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of mortality both in men and women.
In Europe, about 55% of all females' deaths are caused by CVD, especially coronary heart …

Matter? 3 articulated the pervasive sex bias in medical research and advocated better
understanding of the differences in human diseases between the sexes, with translation of …

Women have unique sex-and gender-related risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD)
that can present or evolve over their lifespan. Pregnancy-associated conditions, polycystic …