Sex-Specific Differences in Cardiovascular Risk, Risk Factors and Risk Management in the Peripheral Arterial Disease Population.

ABSTRACT: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality in women worldwide but has been primarily recognised as a man's disease. The major components of CVD are ischaemic heart disease (IHD), stroke and peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Compared with IHD or stroke, individuals with PAD are at significantly greater risk of major cardiovascular events. Despite this, they are less likely to receive preventative treatment than those with IHD. Women are at least as affected by PAD as men, but major sex-specific knowledge gaps exist in the understanding of relevant CVD risk factors and efficacy of treatment. This prompted the American Heart Association to issue a "call to action" for PAD in women, in 2012. Despite this, PAD and CVD risk in women continues to be under-recognised, leading

SUBMITTER: Pouncey AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9027979 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature