Women and Special Populations

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Science News

Disparities in Current Pulmonary Embolism Management and Outcomes
Blood Culture–Negative Endocarditis
Sex Differences in Peripheral Vascular Disease
2025 ACC/AHA/ACEP/NAEMSP/SCAI Guideline for the Management of Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes
Optimizing Psychological Health Across the Perinatal Period: An Update on Maternal Cardiovascular Health

Journals

Life Course Approach for Managing Familial Hypercholesterolemia
Stroke Risk in Unstably Housed Women: The Role of Cocaine and Alcohol Co-Use
Risk of Cancer in Newborns With Congenital Heart Disease and Their Mothers: A Nationwide Cohort Study
Advances in Our Understanding of Cardiovascular Diseases After Preeclampsia
Influence of Primary Neurologic Disease on Cardiovascular Health in Females

Continuing Education

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The CVSN Council accelerates the discovery, interpretation, and application of science to enhance cardiovascular health and treat cardiovascular diseases and stroke. The council helps develop scientific statements and advisories, guide professional education activities, provide scientific expertise, conduct research, translate findings, and promote evidence-based practices in clinical settings.

The CLCD Council supports AHA objectives in clinical cardiology, promotes excellent clinical care, and fosters professional development and education for clinical cardiologists. Through council-sponsored symposia, panels, and scientific conferences, members can access and interpret new developments in the field and promote clinical cardiology to professional and lay audiences.

The EPI Council focuses on population-based approaches to preventing cardiovascular diseases. The council’s mission is to lead the discovery and translation of science related to the distribution and determinants of cardiovascular disease with an emphasis on population approaches to prevent cardiovascular disease and improve cardiovascular health.

The Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health promotes the expansion and exchange of knowledge with the ultimate goal of improving cardiovascular health across the lifespan. The council nurtures basic, clinical, epidemiological, and translational science related to nutrition, lipids, obesity, diabetes, physical activity, and behavioral change.

The QCOR Council provides a forum for a multidisciplinary group of volunteers committed to making a substantial contribution to reducing the burden of heart disease and stroke through improving healthcare quality and patient outcomes. Members gain insight on how to provide effective, safe, timely, equitable, efficient, and patient-centered care.

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