Dr Frits Rosendaal of the Leiden University Medical Center (The Netherlands), studied long-term mortality and morbidity in young women who have survived a myocardial infarction or to a stroke(Stroke) ischemic, compared to a control group.
The doctor and his fellow researchers studied the medical records of 226 women who had a heart attack at the average age of 42 and 160 women who suffered ischemic stroke at the average age of 40, in a group witnesses of 782 women without antecedents. These women were followed for 19 years.
More deaths from stroke
During this period, the number of premature deaths was 2.4 people per year in the control group while this number was 3.7 times higher in women who had a first heart attack and 1.8 times higher. in women who have suffered from ischemic stroke.
This higher mortality was mainly due to a higher number of deaths from vascular accidents. This enabled Dutch researchers to assert that young women who survive a first stroke never stop being at risk of recurrence. “The results of our study provide direct insight into the consequences of cardiovascular disease in young women and underline the importance of lifelong prevention strategies.” says Dr Rosendaal, whose study was just published in the journal Jama of Internal medicine.
Recently researchers have discovered a gene (called BCAR1) which predispose some women to cardiovascular disease. While another study has shown that after a heart attack, women recover less well than men, due to a greater state of stress generated by the disease. We cannot repeat it enough: heart attacks are the leading cause of death in women after menopause. It kills 7 times more than the breast cancer.
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