Women, lipids, and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: a call to action from the European Atherosclerosis Society

JE Roeters van Lennep, LS Tokgözoğlu… - European heart …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in women and men globally, with most
due to atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Despite progress during the last 30 …

Dyslipidemia and cardiovascular disease in women

R Cífková, A Krajčoviechová - Current cardiology reports, 2015 - Springer
Cardiovascular disease is the major cause of death in women in developed countries.
Dyslipidemia is highly prevalent in women, particularly after the menopause. Elevated low …

Sex-specific differences in cardiovascular risk factors and implications for cardiovascular disease prevention in women

A Rajendran, AS Minhas, B Kazzi, B Varma, E Choi… - Atherosclerosis, 2023 - Elsevier
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality for women globally. Sex
differences exist in the relative risks conferred by traditional CVD risk factors, including …

Unique cardiovascular risk factors in women

L Young, L Cho - Heart, 2019 - heart.bmj.com
Despite an overall reduction in cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality in the USA, the rate
of coronary heart disease and CVD mortality is on the rise in younger women aged 35 to 54 …

Gender differences in atherosclerotic vascular disease: From lipids to clinical outcomes

T Vakhtangadze, R Singh Tak, U Singh… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are one of the main reasons of death and morbidity in the
world. Both women and men have high rates of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality …

Risk factors for cardiovascular disease in women: assessment and management

K Schenck-Gustafsson - European heart journal, 1996 - academic.oup.com
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the most important cause of death and disability among
older women. A 50-year-old woman has a 46% risk of having CHD and a 31% risk of dying …

[HTML][HTML] Sex differences in lipid and lipoprotein metabolism

BT Palmisano, L Zhu, RH Eckel, JM Stafford - Molecular metabolism, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Endogenous sex hormones are important for metabolic health in men and
women. Before menopause, women are protected from atherosclerotic cardiovascular …

The use of sex-specific factors in the assessment of women's cardiovascular risk

A Agarwala, ED Michos, Z Samad, CM Ballantyne… - Circulation, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death among women in the United
States. As compared with men, women are less likely to be diagnosed appropriately, receive …

Epidemiology of coronary heart disease in women

N Bello, L Mosca - Progress in cardiovascular diseases, 2004 - Elsevier
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality in women and a major cause
of morbidity. Coronary heart disease (CHD) accounts for nearly half of all CVD deaths …

Risk factors for coronary artery disease in women

RH Knopp - The American journal of cardiology, 2002 - Elsevier
Because cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the most important cause of death in women in
the United States, it is imperative that the main risk factors for CVD in women be identified …