Reducing the Global Burden by 2030
The Lancet Women and Cardiovascular Disease Commission is a collaboration between The Lancet medical journal and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
A Focus on Women With Cardiovascular Disease
Learn more about initiatives and societies advocating for women with cardiovascular disease and read individual patient stories from around the world.
Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center at Cedars Sinai
Primary Aldosteronism Foundation
SmartBreast
Patient Story - Joanna Mihailidis
International Heart Spasms Alliance
Patient Story - Sarah Brown
Radboud University Medical Center
Patient Story - Matgorzata Skaza
Women’s Heart Clinic of the National Heart Centre of Singapore
Patient Story - Shahajadee "Dolly" Sultana
Emory’s Women’s Heart Clinic
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Sociedad Interamericana de Cardiología
Clinica CardioVID
Patient Story - Nelly Margarita Giraldo
Mayo Clinic
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
Russian Society of Cardiology
Patient Story - Zahraa Abdou Fqiri
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women living with cardiovascular disease worldwide.
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hypertension is the most important risk factor contributing to cardiovascular mortality worldwide.
Facts and Figures
The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study provides a comprehensive picture of mortality and disability across countries, time, age, and sex. Access a user-friendly tool to explore women-specific data on the global burden of cardiovascular disease.
Highlights from the Commission
Learn more about key take-aways from the Lancet Women and Cardiovascular Commission report.