Cardiovascular Health News

In a pilot program for women with hypertension after delivery, at-home BP monitoring and medication titration to a systolic BP of less than 130 mm Hg was associated with 95% of participants achieving optimal BP control 6 weeks postpartum.

Among women with suspected ischemia, using sex-specific left ventricular ejection fraction stratification, those with LVEF greater than 65% had the lowest rates of death and nonfatal MI, according to new data from the WISE study.

Despite no history of CVD and normal BMI, maintaining a healthy lifestyle involving diet, low alcohol intake, no smoking and physical activity may be important for postmenopausal women in preventing a first CVD event, researchers reported.

Female sexual dysfunction among women with HF is inconsistently assessed in studies, with researchers using a variety of questionnaires that do not capture the breadth of symptoms, which may limit proper treatment, data show.

Early menopause may be associated with increased insulin resistance, but researchers found no effects on other cardiovascular risk factors, according to a cross-sectional and longitudinal study published in Menopause.

Women in Korea who underwent hysterectomy before age 50 years had an increased risk for CVD, specifically stroke, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

PHILADELPHIA — Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy significantly increase risk for HF in women during pregnancy and later in life, yet many women never receive adequate preconception counseling or follow-up care, according to a speaker.

PHILADELPHIA — In this Healio video exclusive, Healio | Cardiology Today Editorial Board Member Annabelle Santos Volgman, MD, FACC, FAHA, discusses how microvascular disease raises CVD risk, especially in women and in those with diabetes.

Women who identify as American Indian or Alaska Native are more likely to have type 2 diabetes, to have obesity, to smoke and to report exposure to trauma and violence than white women, significantly increasing their risk for CVD.

Breastfeeding has lasting beneficial effects on cardiometabolic health, including lowering the risk for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, for mothers and obesity in their children, according to a life course epidemiologist.