Cardiovascular Health News

Most lipid-lowering medications lack safety data for pregnant and lactating women, complicating management of hyperlipidemia and hypertriglyceridemia, but data suggest statins can be used for those at high risk for cardiovascular events.

A blood test to measure fibrinogen-to-albumin ratio predicted preeclampsia and severe preeclampsia risk in laboring women compared with other blood markers, potentially providing a useful tool for anesthesiologists, researchers reported.

WASHINGTON — Women with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis had better 1-year outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve replacement vs. surgery, according to a pooled analysis of only women in the PARTNER 3 low-risk and RHEIA trials.

The new guideline on primary prevention of stroke from the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association calls for more screening of risk factors such as high BP, high cholesterol and high blood glucose.

Among younger women in the Middle East, those with overweight or obesity were more likely to have hypertension, diabetes and pregnancy-related issues than those without it, according to data from the ANCORS-YW study.

In this Healio video exclusive, Sana M. Al-Khatib, MD, professor of medicine at Duke University School of Medicine, discusses barriers to developing cardiovascular digital health solutions for women.

Women with obesity and atherosclerotic CVD without diabetes experience fewer CV events vs. men enrolled in the SELECT trial; however, semaglutide was linked to significant reductions in CV events regardless of sex, a speaker reported.

Optimal heart health during the first trimester of pregnancy was associated with lower risk for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, a speaker reported.

CHICAGO — The presence of breast arterial calcifications on routine mammograms may signal increased risk for atherosclerotic CVD later in life, according to research presented at the Annual Meeting of The Menopause Society.