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How to Recognize the Signs of a Heart Attack

During her guest appearance on France 5’s Journal de la Santé health show, Prof. Claire Mounier-Vehier, MD, warned women about the harmful effect stress has on their heart and arteries, especially during this post-lockdown period. They must take care of themselves and shouldn’t wait to see a doctor when the feel symptoms of a heart attack, including exhaustion, shortness of breath and digestive issues, especially if they have risk factors like smoking, psychosocial stress, depression, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes or excess weight. This is one of the recommendations from the Women’s Cardiovascular Healthcare Foundation (Agir pour le Cœur des Femmes). Learn more about it starting at 27:00 on the show’s replay (in French) https://www.allodocteurs.fr/emissions/le-magazine-de-la-sante/le-magazine-de-la-sante-du-26-05-2020_27780.html

 
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Assessing your cardiovascular risk before planning a pregnancy

Around 150,000 women of childbearing age are carriers of cardiovascular disease in France. If not properly managed, they run a 15-fold risk of complications for their babies, and a 100-fold risk of their own mortality. It is essential for a woman with cardiovascular disease to be accompanied by her [...]

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Journal du Dimanche Newspaper Article

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These unprecedented times have brought us back to what is most essential in life: human beings, with our most precious and fragile resource, our health. COVID-19, this visible pandemic that’s terrifying many, has forced us to take time for reflection, introspection and interrogation. Let’s use [...]

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Come see us at SantExpo

For the first time, Agir pour le Cœur des Femmes is partnering with the SantExpo trade show and the French Hospital Federation. The Foundation will be present from May 19 to 21 at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Hall 1, at booth D13. SantExpo is the premier event for healthcare [...]

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