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Women aged between 24 and 60 are under-represented in cardiovascular prevention check-ups

Women aged between 24 and 60 are under-represented in cardiovascular prevention check-ups

Women represent around a third of participants, compared with two-thirds of men. And there is a need for more effective screening. These are the conclusions of a study conducted by a team from the cardiology department of the Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou AP-HP, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Inserm and Université Paris Cité. The results have been published in the journal eClinicalMedicine. The research team conducted repeated cross-sectional studies involving a total of 366,270 people who had been examined at the Centre d'Investigations Préventives et Cliniques (CIP) in Paris. A lower benefit of cardiovascular screening in terms of mortality was observed in women of childbearing age, compared with men. For the authors of the study, although cardiovascular disease is a major cause of mortality in women, this problem is largely underestimated. The risk of cancer, particularly breast and cervical cancer, continues to dominate health and prevention interventions for women. Broadening the scope of action of obstetricians/gynecologists and strengthening partnerships between specialists could be the first elements of an action plan. Urgent adjustments are needed to reduce the gender gap in cardiovascular screening in France. The Women's Heart Bus we are developing is a prefiguration of what cardiovascular screening and prevention actions for women could be, involving gynecologists, vascular physicians, cardiologists, general practitioners and a range of healthcare professionals, in partnership with towns, public health institutions and local prevention players.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589537022001997?via%3Dihub

 
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