DALLAS, Feb. 16 — Women are substantially underrepresented in clinical trials used to formulate women’s guidelines and are affected more than men by low social support after a heart attack, according to two studies in the women-themed issue of Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, a journal of the American Heart Association.   Read more. 

Prevention guidelines help predict women’s cardiovascular risk

DALLAS, Feb. 16, 2010 — A simplified strategy for assessing cardiovascular disease risk can predict women’s odds of heart attack, stroke or other cardiovascular events in the following 10 years, according to new research in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, a journal of the American Heart Association. Read more.  

Study finds racial gaps continue in heart disease awareness, low knowledge of heart attack warning signs among women

DALLAS, Feb. 10, 2010 – Racial gaps exist in women’s heart-health awareness, women’s knowledge of heart attack warning signs requires attention and nearly half of women report they would not call 9-1-1 if they were having heart attack symptoms, according to new research published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, a journal of the American Heart Association.  Read more. 

DALLAS, Feb. 8, 2010 – Age-related gaps in care and outcomes for stroke patients are diminishing as hospitals improve adherence to evidence-based treatments of the American Heart Association/ American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines–Stroke initiative, according to a new study in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. Read more. 

DALLAS, Feb. 8, 2010 – Hospital care providers need to be more aware that cardiac arrest from a medication-induced heart rhythm problem is a rare but potentially catastrophic event in patients, according to a joint scientific statement from the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology.  Read more.