%0 Journal Article
%T 8th Annual Women's Heart & Vascular Symposium: Emerging Strategies to Impact Women's Health and Longevity (бя CME Information)
%J Archive of "Texas Heart Institute Journal".
%D 2018
%R 10.14503/THIJ-18-6815
%X Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and stroke affect women differently across race and ethnicity. Cultural, educational, and economic disparities further complicate prevention efforts such as screening and risk factor management, diagnosis and treatment selection, and patient compliance and cooperation. Hispanic women are likely to develop heart disease 10 years earlier than white women. Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death for Hispanic and black women, responsible for nearly 21,000 and 48,000 deaths per year, respectively. Only 34% of Hispanic women know that heart disease is their greatest health risk. Hispanic women are least likely among all women to have a regular healthcare source, and only 1 in 8 says that her doctor has ever discussed the risk of heart disease. Only 36% of black women know that heart disease is their greatest health risk. Of black women at least 20 years of age, 48.3% have CVD; however, only 14% believe that CVD is their greatest health problem. Only about 50% of black women are aware of the signs and symptoms of a heart attack. In American Indian, Native Alaskan, Asian, and Pacific Island women, heart disease trails only cancer as the chief cause of death. More women than men die of CVD each year, and 64% of them have no previous symptoms
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6183650/