European heart journal

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) accounts for more deaths in women than breast cancer, lung cancer and chronic lung disease combined, with a comparable mortality to that of men. Many women and physicians do not identify CVD as a major morbidity…

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Endometriosis affects ∼10% of women of reproductive age. Emerging evidence suggests a link between endometriosis and systemic inflammation, potentially increasing the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE), yet data on th…

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Endometriosis, a systemic gynaecological disease affecting 10% of women in reproductive age, shares pathophysiological characteristics with cardiovascular disease. However, data on the relationship between endometriosis…

Women undergo important changes in sex hormones throughout their lifetime that can impact cardiovascular disease risk. Whereas the traditional cardiovascular risk factors dominate in older age, there are several female-specific risk factors…