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Claire Mounier-Vehier speaks with Mélanie Gomez on Europe 1

In lockdown, more stress and less physical activity can aggravate cardiovascular disease risks for women, according to Prof. Claire Mounier-Vehier, MD, in a guest appearance on the Europe 1 radio network. She emphasizes that women’s symptoms are different than men’s.

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Is this a ticking time bomb? Since the coronavirus crisis began, health professionals have seen a drop in emergency department admissions throughout France. “We’ve had a sixty percent decrease in hospitalizations,” said Prof. Claire Mounier-Vehier, MD, head of the heart and lung institute at University Hospital of Lille. But in the last few days, “we’ve seen people with very serious cardiology emergencies coming in, types of heart attacks that we hadn’t been seeing.” And women are facing especially worrisome situations. Among the declining hospitalizations of the past month, women are unusually underrepresented. “We’re mainly seeing men: around 80% of those coming in are men and 20% are women, which isn’t normal at all,” says Prof. Mounier-Vehier. “Women aren’t seeing their doctors and are waiting until the last minute to get care.” Don’t wait if you have symptoms
Cardiovascular disease kills 200 women each day in France. It’s the leading cause of death for women,” says this specialist, a guest on the Sans Rendez-vous program on Friday, April 24, 2020. In addition, “women are screened less often than men.” Since lockdown has caused “more stress, more smoking, more sedentary days, women aren’t listening to their bodies.” Listen to the show in French

 

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