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Heart disease is the leading cause of death among women, and women who have complications during pregnancy, such as high blood pressure or gestational diabetes, have a significantly higher risk of heart disease and stroke later in life, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association, published today in Circulation, the Association's flagship peer-reviewed journal.

Emory Heart & Vascular reached a significant historic milestone, performing a Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) procedure on its 5,000th patient at the end of last year. Emorys history with the innovative, minimally invasive procedure goes back all the way to 2007, when it became the first site in Georgia (and one of the first in the nation) to perform it.

A new study co-authored by heart experts from Emory and other academic medical centers found significant racial and ethnic disparities in outcomes for patients who experience the most severe kind of heart attack, ST elevation myocardial infarction or STEMI.

FRIDAY, April 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For veterans with peripheral artery disease, health care utilization, distance to primary care, and geographic region are associated with receipt of vascular assessment prior to lower-extremity amputation (LEA), according to a study published online April 19 in JAMA Surgery. Olamide Alabi, M.D., from the Atlanta VA Healthcare System

Doctors from the Emory Heart & Vascular Center are joining forces with the Family Heart Foundation, a leading research and advocacy organization, to find and more widely treat undiagnosed patients living with a common genetic condition that causes very high levels of unhealthy cholesterol, heightening the risk for heart attacks and strokes even at a young age.

The American Heart Association’s most recent Presidential Advisory addressed the large gap in research between men’s heart health and women’s.

Investing in and improving research, awareness and equity in women's heart health are critical for the health and well-being of women, according to a new Presidential Advisory from the American Heart Association, published today in the Association's flagship journal Circulation.

Scientists debate whether Hispanic adults, who have higher rates of certain risk factors for cardiovascular disease, are nonetheless less likely to die from it than their non-Hispanic white peers. Its something researchers call the Hispanic paradox.

Back when Emory University’s Nanette Wenger, MD, began practicing cardiology in the 1950s, the medical community assumed that heart disease mainly affected men. Over the decades, Wenger proved that women are just as vulnerable. Her extraordinary career and contributions to the field have been honored by the American Heart Association.