Evidence-Based Guidelines for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Women

S ignificant advances in our knowledge about interventions to prevent cardiovascular disease (CVD) have occurred since publication of the first female-specific recommendations for preventive cardiology in 1999. 1 Despite researchbased gains in the treatment of CVD, it remains the leading killer of women in the United States and in most developed areas of the world. [2] 3] In the United States alone, more than one half million women die of CVD each year, exceeding the number of deaths in men and the next 7 causes of death in women combined. This translates into approximately 1 death every minute. 2 Coronary heart disease (CHD) accounts for the majority of CVD deaths in women, disproportionately afflicts racial…

• AD
  American Diabetes Association
• AH
  American Heart Association