Cardiovascular Health News

Data show no meaningful differences or changes in the prevalence of postpartum CV health counseling among people with CVD risk factors from 2016 through 2020, despite increasing awareness of the importance of CV health promotion.

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute has awarded nearly $30 million to fund a trial program comparing CABG vs. PCI in women and people from historically underrepresented races and ethnicities with coronary artery disease.

The long-term stroke risk for Black women rose by an estimated 66% if they had history with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, possibly contributing to their overall higher incidence of stroke compared with other racial groups, data show.

Concomitant chronic kidney disease and diabetes was prognostic of all-cause death and MI within 3 years among women undergoing drug-eluting stent implantation, according to new data.

Postmenopausal women with high total or HDL cholesterol have an increased risk for heart failure compared with women with normal cholesterol levels, according to a study published in Menopause.

Congenital heart defects are the most common type of birth defect, affecting nearly 1% of births per year in the United States, according to the CDC.

Among premenopausal Korean women, those reporting more bothersome perimenopausal symptoms had significantly higher prevalence of poor CV health metrics compared with women without symptoms, researchers reported.

Informed by topics most relevant to cardiometabolic health providers, medical education leader Cardiometabolic Health Congress has announced another iteration of its Women’s Cardiometabolic Health and Wellness Masterclass.

Underrepresented groups face elevated cardiotoxic risk and strategies are needed to eliminate inequities in cardio-oncology research and clinical care, according to a scientific statement published in Circulation.

Women with peripartum cardiomyopathy are at greater risk for short- and long-term mortality with subsequent pregnancies, even if they recover left ventricular systolic function after the index pregnancy, data show.