Cardiovascular Health News

Women who experienced the death of a partner or older child during or around the time of pregnancy were more likely to have offspring who developed HF by midlife, Danish and Swedish register data show.

Increased daily physical activity was associated with lower risk for overall de novo heart failure and HF with preserved ejection fraction among older women, according to study findings published in JAMA Cardiology.

Polycystic ovary syndrome was associated with increased risk for CVD in women, and while incidence varies, its prevalence worldwide increased since 1990, researchers reported.

Migraine plus persistent vasomotor symptoms is associated with greater CVD risk and stroke for women, according to a secondary data analysis published in Menopause.

Compared with men, women are less likely to die of any cause or from CV-specific causes when performing similar amounts of weekly leisure-time physical activity, suggesting there are sex-specific benefits to exercise, researchers reported.

In this video exclusive, Nicole Gomez, MD, talks with Caroline T. Nguyen, MD, about diagnosing and managing thyroid dysfunction in the postpartum period.

Clinicians should screen and carefully follow women during the first year after delivery to reduce long-term CVD risk and optimize CV health after pregnancy, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association.

Previously healthy women who underwent cesarean delivery had increased short-term risk for CVD complications after delivery, according to data presented at The Pregnancy Meeting.

Women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, gestational diabetes or both had higher likelihood of having children with worse CV health 10 to 14 years after delivery, according to a presenter at The Pregnancy Meeting.

Women with concurrent metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and alcohol-related liver disease had an 83% greater risk for all-cause mortality than men and those with ALD alone had 160% greater risk, data showed.