9th Annual Womens Heart Vascular Symposium (★ CME Information)

摘要

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of morbidity and death among women and men. Although a decrease in mortality rates among women has been well documented, progress still lags behind that in men. Meanwhile, mortality among younger women has increased alarmingly. Cardiovascular disease develops 7 to 10 years later in women than in men, but the prevalence of many risk factors among women is a growing concern. Women have an increased lifetime prevalence of stroke risk factors (including hypertension) and for abdominal obesity and metabolic syndrome, especially in middle age.