Speaking exclusively to PharmaBoardroom at the International Women’s Day 2020 event at the Franco-British Chamber of Commerce in Paris, esteemed cardiologist Professor Claire Mounier-Vehier outlines why cardiovascular disease is not simply a masculine issue, the cardio problems particularly affecting women, and why better communication and prevention is vital to countering what she sees as a ticking epidemiological time-bomb.
My message is very simple: listen to yourself, get tested, and pass the message to others. Doctors also have a responsibility; we need to change the common idea that cardiovascular diseases are masculine diseases. They are not, and the problem is acute with women
