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To summarize the epidemiology, mortality rates, and prevention strategies for cardiovascular disease and stroke in women.

October 1, 1993CirculationOpen Access

Cardiovascular disease in women.

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Women, particularly postmenopausal women entering coronary heart disease and stroke-prone years, as well as…

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EEElaine D. EakerWestat (United States)JCJ H ChesebroAmerican Heart Association FSF. SacksAmerican Heart Association

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Prioritizes CVD prevention in women over other diseases; reinforces sex-specific guidelines and research priorities.

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To summarize the epidemiology, mortality rates, and prevention strategies for cardiovascular disease and stroke in women.
Synthesis of epidemiological data and clinical evidence evaluated for an American Heart Association science advisory statement.
Analysis of age-adjusted mortality trends, sudden death incidence, and risk factor modification across demographic groups, with a focus on postmenopausal women.
Coronary events in women are fatal in 40% of cases, and 67% of sudden cardiac deaths occur in women without a prior history of coronary heart disease.
Cardiovascular disease causes more deaths in women than cancer, accidents, and diabetes combined, with annual US mortality exceeding 236,000 for heart attacks and 87,000 for stroke.
Age-adjusted death rates for heart disease are four times higher in White women and six times higher in Black women than corresponding death rates for breast cancer, despite a 27% decline in coronary heart disease mortality from 1980 to 1989.

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Population

Women, particularly postmenopausal women entering coronary heart disease and stroke-prone years, as well as younger women.

Intervention

Prevention and control of cardiovascular risk factors

Outcome

Morbidity and death from cardiovascular diseases

This AHA report highlights the critical need for cardiovascular disease prevention in women, noting it is the leading cause of death among US women.

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Eaker et al. (1993) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8578b8734852141cd4d154 https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.88.4.1999

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Women and heart disease Cardiovascular prevention COVID-19 cardiovascular

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Cardiovascular disease in women.

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Cardiovascular disease in women.

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