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The preventive cardiovascular health concept: "Life's Essential 8", a new score to test yourself and take action!

In 2010, the American Heart Association (AHA) defined a new, more preventive and comprehensive approach to cardiovascular health. At the time, the AHA was already promoting the need for a change in our medical approach, which was too focused on curative care and not enough on prevention. The American [...]

Better control of hypercholesterolemia: a new LDL cholesterol treatment that is well tolerated but with gender differences in efficacy!

How can we better treat hypercholesterolemia in 2023? For the treatment of excess cholesterol in the blood, the most effective medication available until now has been statins, which reduce the amount of cholesterol produced by the liver (up to 80%), and can be combined with ezetimibe, which reduces [...]

Cheers!

The recommendation: drink around 1.5 liters of water a day. The findings of this National Institutes of Health study have just been published in eBioMedicine. https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/good-hydration-linked-healthy-aging Using data collected from 11,255 adults over a 30-year [...]

Hypertension and pregnancy: what our experts have to say!

High blood pressure (HTA) is still one of the main modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD). In women, pregnancy can be a specific risk factor for the development of hypertension, due to a disturbance in the production of the placenta. In women already being treated for hypertension, [...]

#jagispourlecoeurdesfemmes

Take up our #jagispourlecoeurdesfemmes Challenge by posting a photo of yourself with your hands in the shape of a heart. Nearly 4,000 of you made a donation to get the Women's Heart Bus back on the road. We'll be presenting our new Bus in Lille on September 27, to coincide with World Heart [...]

French Cardiovascular Imaging Society

The French Society for Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiac and Vascular Imaging (SFICV) is dedicated to the promotion of diagnostic and interventional cardiovascular radiology. The SFICV has 5 objectives: training, quality of care, recognition, enhancement and sustainability of our activities. Our [...]

Three years of action for women's hearts

On May 28, 2020, Pr Claire Mounier-Véhier and Thierry Drilhon created Agir pour le Coeur des Femmes, the only the only structure 100% dedicated to cardiovascular health for women. An opportunity to take stock of 3 years of actions to promote women's health, including the largest largest-ever [...]

Measure your blood pressure with approved devices!

When it comes to blood pressure, measurement is of fundamental importance, since the entire management process is based on these figures: defining what is considered normal, diagnosing whether blood pressure is too high, deciding whether to start treatment and assessing the results. In addition to [...]