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THE FOUNDATION

A coalition of stakeholders working to advance prevention efforts

A coalition of stakeholders working to advance prevention efforts

The National Professional Council on Cardiovascular Health, alongside numerous learned societies and healthcare stakeholders—including the Agir pour le Coeur des Femmes Foundation—has presented a reference document on cardiovascular prevention for women, developed collaboratively with all the stakeholders involved.

More women than men die from cardiovascular disease: 72,078 women compared to 64,161 men in 2023. This represents nearly 200 female deaths per day—five times more than breast cancer.

Cardiovascular diseases are affecting women at increasingly younger ages; they remain underdiagnosed and receive less adequate care, yet they are largely preventable.

It is essential to better identify risk factors—including those specific to women—to better recognize the symptoms of chest pain, and to provide better support, monitoring, and prevention.

It is also about restoring prevention to its rightful place in our healthcare system.

This collective effort must serve as the starting point for further coordinated actions, with the sole goal of saving more lives.

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