Evidence-Based Guidelines for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Women: 2007 Update

Some commonly used preventive interventions lacked clinical trial data for women, and it was unclear whether results of studies conducted in men could be generalized to women. Since the 2003 literature review, numerous clinical trials that have a bearing on CVD prevention in women have been complete...

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Published in:Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2007-03, Vol.49 (11), p.1230-1250
Main Authors: Mosca, Lori, MD, MPH, PhD, Banka, Carole L., PhD, Benjamin, Emelia J., MD, Berra, Kathy, MSN, NP, Bushnell, Cheryl, MD, Dolor, Rowena J., MD, MHS, Ganiats, Theodore G., MD, Gomes, Antoinette S., MD, Gornik, Heather L., MD, MHS, Gracia, Clarissa, MD, MSCE, Gulati, Martha, MD, MS, Haan, Constance K., MD, Judelson, Debra R., MD, Keenan, Nora, PhD, Kelepouris, Ellie, MD, Michos, Erin D., MD, Newby, L. Kristin, MD, MHS, Oparil, Suzanne, MD, Ouyang, Pamela, MD, Oz, Mehmet C., MD, Petitti, Diana, MD, MPH, Pinn, Vivian W., MD, Redberg, Rita F., MD, MSc, Scott, Rosalyn, MD, Sherif, Katherine, MD, Smith, Sidney C., MD, Sopko, George, MD, MPH, Steinhorn, Robin H., MD, Stone, Neil J., MD, Taubert, Kathryn A., PhD, Todd, Barbara A., MSN, CRNP, Urbina, Elaine, MD, Wenger, Nanette K., MD
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Language:English
Subjects:
AHA Scientific Statements
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiology
Cardiology. Vascular system
Cardiovascular
Cardiovascular disease
cardiovascular diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology
Cardiovascular Diseases - prevention & control
Female
Health risk assessment
Heart attacks
Humans
Internal Medicine
Medical sciences
Mortality
prevention
risk factors
women
Women's Health
Womens health
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Summary:Some commonly used preventive interventions lacked clinical trial data for women, and it was unclear whether results of studies conducted in men could be generalized to women. Since the 2003 literature review, numerous clinical trials that have a bearing on CVD prevention in women have been completed (see Appendix). Reviewer Representation Research Grant Other Research Support Speakers' Bureau/ Honoraria Ownership Interest Consultant/ Advisory Board Other Jeffrey L. Anderson American College of Cardiology Foundation Clinical Expert Consensus Document Task Force None None Bristol-Myers Squibb*; Merck* None None None Vera Bittner American College of Cardiology Foundation Prevention Committee National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute[dagger]; Pfizer[dagger]; Atherogenics[dagger]; National Institutes of Health/Kos[dagger] None None None Pfizer*; Reliant*; CV Therapeutics* None Roger S. Blumenthal Johns Hopkins Hospital Pfizer*; Merck*; General Electric* None None None None None Ann Bolger American Heart Association None None None None None None Charles Bridges Society for Thoracic Surgeons None None None None None None Doug Campos-Outcalt American Academy of Family Physicians None None None None None None Vincent F. Carr American College of Cardiology Foundation Board of Governors None None None None None None James I. Cleeman National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute None None None None None None Darla E. Danford National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute None None None None None None Karen A. Donato National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute None None None None None None Mark J. Eisenberg American College of Cardiology Foundation Clinical Expert Consensus Document Task Force None None None None None None Victor Ferraris Society for Thoracic Surgeons Aventis*; THG Med Co*; Bayer[dagger]; BioMarin[dagger]; Guilford[dagger]; Medtronic[dagger] None AstraZeneca*; Bayer*; NATA*; THG Med Co* None None None Valentin Fuster World Heart Federation None None None None Kereos*; Vasogen* GlaxoSmithKline Research & Education Foundation for Cardiovascular Disease* Deborah Grady American College of Physicians Eli Lilly* None None None None None Sharonne Hayes American Heart Association None None None None None None David Herrington American Heart Association None None None None None None Mark Hlaty American College of Cardiology Foundation Board of Trustees None None None None None None Suzanne Hughes American College of Cardiology Foundation Board of Trustees None None Biosite*
ISSN:0735-1097
1558-3597
DOI:10.1016/j.jacc.2007.02.020