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INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Less than 5% (0.2%-4%) of pregnancies in the western world are complicated by cardiovascular diseases;1 however, the incidence of cardiovascular disease in pregnancy is increasing. This…

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in women is an under-recognized, understudied, and undertreated disorder. The magnitude of this problem can be realized from the fact that 21%…

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of death in women.1 Nearly half-a-million women die each year in the United States from ischemic heart disease (IHD)…

CASE PRESENTATION Print Section Listen A 31-year-old woman was admitted in a state of cardiogenic shock 6 months after she was diagnosed with nonischemic cardiomyopathy. Nearly 9 to 12 months…

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is rare and uniformly deadly disease characterized by extensive narrowing of the pulmonary vasculature, leading to progressive increases in pulmonary vascular resistance…

CLINICAL CASE PRESENTATION Print Section Listen A 53-year-old woman with a history of hypertension (HTN), diabetes mellitus Type 2 (Type 2 DM), and tobacco abuse presents to urgent care for…

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of death in women.1 Identification of risk factors is the first step toward the prevention of CVD. The 2011…

BRADYARRHYTHMIAS Print Section Listen Bradyarrhythmias occur when the heart rate is <60 beats per minute (bpm); can be physiologic, such as in young individuals and in well-trained athletes, or pathologic…

NATURAL HISTORY Print Section Listen According to the American Heart Association, more than 42 million women are affected with some form of cardiovascular disease that is responsible for 2,935,000 hospitalizations…