Cardiovascular Health News

Women with long or short menstrual cycles are more likely to develop CVD or atrial fibrillation compared with women reporting regular menstrual cycles, but they are no more likely to experience HF or stroke, researchers reported.

Among patients with STEMI in India, women were less likely to receive PCI and more likely to die at 1 year than men, researchers reported in JACC: Asia.

In patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy, women had lower rates of ventricular arrhythmias and death than men, especially if they had a cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator, according to the results of the BIO-LIBRA study.

People who experience adverse pregnancy outcomes develop cerebrovascular disease at younger ages, with the earliest onset and greatest risk seen in those with multiple pregnancies affected by complications, researchers reported.

Sleep-deprived postmenopausal women who catch up on their sleep over the weekend are less likely to have hyperuricemia than women who do not catch up on their sleep, according to findings published in Menopause.

Among people aged 55 years or older who had a high burden of coronary atherosclerosis, women were at greater risk for a major adverse cardiovascular event than men, researchers reported.

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

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

In 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.

Compared with men, women with atherosclerotic CVD were less likely to be prescribed any statin, less likely to be prescribed a high-intensity statin and more likely to be deemed statin-intolerant, electronic health records data show.