Prof. Claire Mounier-Vehier and Thierry Drilhon, cofounders of Women’s Cardiovascular Healthcare Foundation, were Agnès Renard’s guests on Telesud, a general interest TV station broadcasting in Africa. They took the opportunity to talk about cardiovascular disease in women, as well as introduce the foundation and its work. Their message: it’s essential to alert, anticipate and act without delay to encourage women to take better care of themselves.
1. When should I have a screening and cardiovascular check-up before or during my pregnancy? You should do this the following contexts: • Personal or family history of heart or aortic disease (dissection, aneurysm, surgery) • Personal history of chemotherapy or radiotherapy, high blood [...]
Presse Médicale Formation recently devoted the dossier in its second issue to the specificities of cardiovascular disease in women. Every day, this disease kills 200 women in France and 25,000 around the world, with delays diagnosis and treatment essentially due to the fact that women aren’t [...]
As part of our partnership with Crédit Mutuel, Women’s Cardiovascular Healthcare Foundation (Agir pour le Coeur des Femmes) organized two webinars to help Crédit Mutuel and CIC Ile-de-France employees successfully adapt to the new reality as things reopen after COVID-19. They featured practical [...]