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Women have a harder time recovering from cardiovascular accidents

When a woman suffers a cardiovascular accident, she is half as likely to survive as a man.

Women have a harder time recovering from cardiovascular accidents

Specific risk factors, atypical symptoms or under-screening - the causes of this inequality in the face of cardiovascular disease are manifold. TV5 monde describes them in a comprehensive article. In absolute terms, men suffer three times more heart attacks than women. But the thirty-day and one-year mortality rates for women are twice as high as for men. Women also suffer more after-effects, such as heart failure, severe ventricular rhythm disorders requiring defibrillation, and fatigue following exercise. Cardio-gynecology, born of an awareness of women's specific cardiovascular risk profile, identifies several risk factors that threaten the proper functioning of women's hearts. With hormonal risk factors playing an important role in female heart problems, the gynecologist is now recognized as a key player in cardiovascular screening.
https://information.tv5monde.com/terriennes/arrets-cardiaques-pourquoi-les-femmes-en-meurent-elles-plus-que-les-hommes-411036


 
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