What Do the 2011 American Heart Association Guidelines Tell Us About Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Women?

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Nanette K Wenger, Emory University
• Language: English
• Date: 2011-09-01
• Publisher: Wiley Open Access: Various Creative Commons Licenses
• Publication Version: Final Published Version
• Copyright Statement: © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/clc.20940
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: Clinical Cardiology
• ISSN: 0160-9289
• Volume: 34
• Issue: 9
• Start Page: 520
• End Page: 523
• Keywords: PREGNANCY; Science & Technology; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; CORONARY-ARTERY-DISEASE; AWARENESS; LATER LIFE; HEALTH-PROMOTION; VITAMIN-E; DYSFUNCTION; Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems; RISK-FACTORS; MANAGEMENT; Cardiovascular System & Cardiology; TASK-FORCE
• Research Categories: Health Sciences, Obstetrics and Gynecology; Health Sciences, Medicine and Surgery

Abstract

The 2011 Update of the American Heart Association's Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Guideline for Women is designed to help women and their physicians understand cardiovascular Disease (CVD) risks and undertake practical steps that are most effective in preventing heart disease and stroke. Defining a woman's risk status and improving her adherence to preventive lifestyle behaviors and medications is the best strategy to lower the burden of CVD in women.