Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in women, who have a notable
increase in the risk for this disease after menopause and typically develop coronary heart …

Improvements in cardiovascular disease (CVD) rates among young adults in the past 2
decades have been offset by increasing racial/ethnic and gender disparities, persistence of …

The prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing has not been well studied in women,
especially in terms of the effects of age, body mass index (BMI), and menopause. We …

Background and Purpose—This guideline provides an overview of the evidence on various
established and potential stroke risk factors and provides recommendations for the reduction …

OBJECTIVE: To quantify the magnitude and pattern of low-density lipoprotein (LDL)
cholesterol and nonhigh-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels in women with …

Guía de práctica clínica de la Sociedad Interamericana de Cardiología sobre prevención
primaria de enfermedad cardiovascular en la mujer SciELO - Scientific Electronic Library …

Stroke ranks as the third leading cause of death in the United States. It is now estimated that
there are more than 700000 incident strokes annually and 4.4 million stroke survivors. 1, 2 …

Background—Few data have evaluated physician adherence to cardiovascular disease
(CVD) prevention guidelines according to physician specialty or patient characteristics …

Background—Predicting the risk of cardiac and all-cause death in patients with established
coronary heart disease is important in counseling the individual and designing risk-stratified …

productivity as a result of CVD, compared with $190 billion for cancer and $29 billion for
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). 2 In addition to population-based and macroeconomic …