Cardiovascular disease
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This branch covers cardiovascular disease by clinical topic: common conditions and cardiovascular risk in women, including the 2007 prevention guidance. Normal circulatory physiology, cardiovascular effects of COVID-19, metabolic disease and broader sex and gender bias in research sit outside this branch.
- Hypertension, coronary heart disease and arrhythmia — definitions, risk factors, mechanisms and treatment of common cardiovascular conditions
- Cardiovascular risk in women — mortality and sex differences, risk classification, lifestyle measures, targets and preventive drugs in the 2007 guidelines