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Download practical guides and prevention tools
Download guides from this section of our website that will give you tools to actively prevent cardiovascular disease.
Use these templates to track your own blood pressure numbers as well as monitor and address your cardiovascular risk factors. Prepare for your appointment and share these tracking documents with your doctor to be an active participant in your healthcare.
You can also share the information with your pharmacist who will use it to help you better understand the medicines your doctor prescribes. At Women’s Cardiovascular Healthcare Foundation (Agir pour le Cœur des Femmes), our focus is helping you anticipate cardiovascular issues and providing support so you can protect your health capital. Stay tuned for more guides on cardiovascular health and gynecardiology coming soon. Blood Pressure Tracking Sheet Measure your own blood pressure numbers at home three times in a row on the same arm, morning and evening, three days before each medical appointment. Risk Factor Artery Add your different data points (biological data like weight, height, abdominal circumference, blood pressure figures, cigarettes, etc.) and connect the dots. A circle that’s more in the red zone indicates a narrower “target artery,” which means you have a higher risk of cardiovascular events if you don’t get treatment and regular follow-up care. Conversely, by controlling as many of the risk factors linked with a healthy lifestyle as possible, and by taking medications in certain cases, you can quickly move into the protective green zone.
Act before it's too late
A document that gives you all the keys to taking care of your cardiovascular health. [...]
Abdominal aortic aneurysm
This is the progressive dilation of a segment of the abdominal artery, which can rupture as it enlarges. This becomes a life-threatening emergency. [...]
Fibrillation atriale
This is the most common heart rhythm abnormality, manifested by irregular, too-fast heartbeats. In half of all cases, it causes no particular symptoms. [...]
The 4 pillars of prevention
In 8 out of 10 cases, a cardiovascular accident can be avoided by regular medical check-ups and a healthy lifestyle: physical activity, a balanced diet, no smoking and well-managed stress. [...]
The simplified EPICES score
This score is an individual indicator of precariousness used in the Centres d'Examens de Santé funded by the Assurance Maladie. [...]
Pre-eclampsia and pregnancy
Around 15,000 women in France are affected every year by a pregnancy complication known as pre-eclampsia. Pre-eclampsia can occur during pregnancy or in the weeks following childbirth, and can have serious consequences for both mother and child. The symptoms are high blood pressure and protein in the [...]
Detecting the signs of myocardial infarction
The most common symptoms in men and the most common additional symptoms in women. Be particularly vigilant when you combine several risk factors: smoking, stress, physical inactivity high blood pressure, diabetes, cholesterol... [...]