Top news women’s CV health: reproductive factors, hypertension in pregnancy and more

The Healio Editors compiled news on cardiovascular health for women for National Women’s Health Week.

Highlights include the causal role of reproductive factors on women’s CV health; higher risk for adverse outcomes following coronary artery grafting for women vs. men; infertility associated with increased heart disease risk; factors linked to future CVD risk and more.

Read these articles, and others, below.

Causal role of reproductive factors on women’s CVD health identified

Results of a Mendelian randomization study support a causal role of several reproductive factors on women’s risks for cardiovascular disease, according to researchers. Read more

Preeclampsia raises risks for future myocardial infarction, ischemic stroke

The odds of myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke are greater among women with vs. without preeclampsia for more than 20 years after pregnancy, according to findings published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. Read more

Women still have higher risk vs. men for adverse outcomes after coronary artery grafting

Women remain at significantly higher risk than men for adverse outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting with no substantial improvements observed in the last decade, according to a retrospective cohort study published in JAMA Surgery. Read more

Treating mild to moderate hypertension safe during pregnancy

Pharmacological treatment of mild hypertension during pregnancy is associated with lower risks for several adverse outcomes, including severe hypertension, preeclampsia, placental abruption, renal impairment and pulmonary edema, data show. Read more

History of infertility associated with increased risk for heart disease

Women with a history of infertility have an increased risk for CHD, but not stroke, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association. Read more

Poor fitness, metabolic risk factors increase long-term heart disease risk for women

For women with ischemic heart disease, poor fitness and metabolic syndrome with or without diabetes independently drive risks for obstructive coronary artery disease, long-term adverse events and all-cause mortality, researchers reported. Read more

Breast arterial calcification may indicate women’s future CV risk

Breast arterial calcification identified during routine mammography was associated with greater risks for coronary artery disease and stroke within 10 years, data published in Menopause show. Read more