Red alert for women's heart: the urgent need for more research and knowledge on cardiovascular disease in women

Angela H E M Maas; Yvonne T. van der Schouw; Vera Regitz-Zagrosek; Eva Swahn; Yolande E. Appelman; Gerard Pasterkamp; Hugo ten Cate; Peter M. Nilsson; Menno V. Huisman; Hans C. G. Stam; Karin Eizema; Marco Stramba-Badiale

doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehr048

Red alert for women's heart: the urgent need for more research and knowledge on cardiovascular disease in women

Angela H E M Maas^*, Yvonne T. van der Schouw, Vera Regitz-Zagrosek, Eva Swahn, Yolande E. Appelman, Gerard Pasterkamp, Hugo ten Cate, Peter M. Nilsson, Menno V. Huisman, Hans C. G. Stam, Karin Eizema, Marco Stramba-Badiale

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Abstract

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 most areas of heart disease. As the burden of cardiovascular disease is increasing in middle-aged women relative to men, a more profound understanding is needed of the fundamental biological differences that exist between men and women. In the current review, we aim to address the need for more explanatory sex-specific cardiovascular research to be able to adapt existing guidelines for a better heart health in women.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1362-U89
Journal	European Heart Journal
Volume	32
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehr048
Publication status	Published - Jun 2011

Keywords

Atherosclerosis
Gender
Hormones
Risk factors
Women

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Maas, A. H. E. M., van der Schouw, Y. T., Regitz-Zagrosek, V., Swahn, E., Appelman, Y. E., Pasterkamp, G., ten Cate, H., Nilsson, P. M., Huisman, M. V., Stam, H. C. G., Eizema, K., & Stramba-Badiale, M. (2011). Red alert for women's heart: the urgent need for more research and knowledge on cardiovascular disease in women. European Heart Journal, 32(11), 1362-U89. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehr048

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