Hypertension Across a Woman’s Life Cycle

Nanette K. Wenger; Anita Arnold; C. Noel Bairey Merz; Rhonda M. Cooper-DeHoff; Keith C. Ferdinand; Jerome L. Fleg; Martha Gulati; Ijeoma Isiadinso; Dipti Itchhaporia; KellyAnn Light-McGroary; Kathryn J. Lindley; Jennifer H. Mieres; Mary L. Rosser; George R. Saade; Mary Norine Walsh; Carl J. Pepine

doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2018.02.033

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Hypertension Across a Woman’s Life Cycle

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Hypertension Across a Woman’s Life Cycle

Nanette K. Wenger, Anita Arnold, C. Noel Bairey Merz, Rhonda M. Cooper-DeHoff, Keith C. Ferdinand, Jerome L. Fleg, Martha Gulati, Ijeoma Isiadinso, Dipti Itchhaporia, KellyAnn Light-McGroary, …

Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Vol.71(16), pp.1797-1813

04/24/2018

DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.02.033

PMCID: PMC6005390

PMID: 29673470

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Abstract

Hypertension accounts for 1 in 5 deaths among American women, posing a greater burden for women than men, and is among their most important risk factors for death and development of cardiovascular and other diseases. Hypertension affects women in all phases of life, with specific characteristics relating to risk factors and management for primary prevention of hypertension in teenage and young adult women; hypertension in pregnancy; hypertension during use of oral contraceptives and assisted reproductive technologies, lactation, menopause, or hormone replacement; hypertension in elderly women; and issues of race and ethnicity. All are detailed in this review, as is information relative to women in clinical trials of hypertension and medication issues. The overarching message is that effective treatment and control of hypertension improves cardiovascular outcomes. But many knowledge gaps persist, including the contribution of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy to cardiovascular disease risk, the role of hormone replacement, blood pressure targets for elderly women, and so on. [Display omitted]

hypertension

pregnancy-related hypertension

prevention

race and ethnicity

women

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Title: Subtitle: Hypertension Across a Woman’s Life Cycle
Creators: Nanette K. Wenger - Emory University
Anita Arnold - Florida State University
C. Noel Bairey Merz - Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center, Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, California
Rhonda M. Cooper-DeHoff - Florida College
Keith C. Ferdinand - Tulane University
Jerome L. Fleg - National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
Martha Gulati - University of Arizona
Ijeoma Isiadinso - Emory University
Dipti Itchhaporia - Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian
KellyAnn Light-McGroary - University of Iowa
Kathryn J. Lindley - Washington University in St. Louis
Jennifer H. Mieres - Hofstra University
Mary L. Rosser - Montefiore Medical Center
George R. Saade - The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Mary Norine Walsh - St Vincent Hospital
Carl J. Pepine - University of Florida
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Vol.71(16), pp.1797-1813
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.02.033
PMID: 29673470
PMCID: PMC6005390
NLM abbreviation: J Am Coll Cardiol
ISSN: 0735-1097
eISSN: 1558-3597
Publisher: Elsevier Inc
Number of pages: 17
Language: English
Date published: 04/24/2018
Academic Unit: Internal Medicine
Record Identifier: 9985034983502771

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