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Vascular medicine plays a key role in understanding the cardiovascular specifics of women, often underestimated in the past. Recent research highlights significant differences in how vascular diseases affect women compared to men, particularly in terms of symptoms, risks and responses to treatment. For example, women are more likely to present atypical symptoms of myocardial infarction, such as intense fatigue or back pain, which can delay diagnosis and treatment.

Moreover, women experience hormonal fluctuations throughout their lives, particularly during pregnancy and menopause, that can influence vascular health. These periods are associated with changes in oestrogen levels, affecting stiffness and function of blood vessels. This can increase the risk of developing vascular diseases such as hypertension and atherosclerosis.

Thus, vascular medicine in women is not limited to treating diseases — it extends to a preventive approach that integrates monitoring of hormonal factors, education on women-specific symptoms, and tailored risk management strategies. This integrated approach is vital to improve health outcomes for women and to promote equitable and effective management of cardiovascular diseases.

The arterial pearl necklace: not so rare!

Fibromuscular dysplasia is a rare vascular disease affecting medium-caliber arteries, in particular the renal arteries and internal suprabulbar carotid arteries (can you simplify this for the general public). The prevalence of fibromuscular dysplasia in the general population is less than 0.5%, but [...]

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Detecting abdominal aortic aneurysms in women

Jean Pierre Laroche, a vascular physician in Avignon who has been involved in prevention for many years, reminds us of this in his blog Medvasc https://medvasc.info. He was behind the Vesale operation 4 or 5 years ago, which resulted in the detection of 729 AAA out of 36,500 people, i.e. a prevalence [...]

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