Heart Disease Risk

New guidelines take a personal approach to preventing heart disease in women

Published in Women's Health Weekly, February 26th, 2004

The American Heart Association has announced new guidelines for preventing heart disease and stroke in women based on a woman's individual cardiovascular health. The guidelines are published in Circulation.

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death for men and women in the United States. It kills nearly 500,000 women each year.

"For the first time we are giving clarity about how much we know and how much we don't know," said Lori Mosca, MD, MPH, PhD, chair of the writing group and director of preventive cardiology at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center. "The concept of cardiovascular disease (CVD) as a...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2004-02-26)

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