Coronary Heart Disease in Women — An Ounce of Prevention

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Abstract
Cardiovascular disease, including stroke, is the leading killer of women in the United States and in most developed countries. In 1997, cardiovascular disease accounted for 43 percent of all deaths in women in the United States.1 For the nearly 50 million American women who will be more than 50 years of age in the year 2000, there is no greater health-related issue than the prevention of cardiovascular disease and cancer. Epidemiologic studies and randomized clinical trials provide compelling evidence that coronary heart disease (CHD) is largely preventable.2 (Interventions that may be effective in the primary and secondary prevention of coronary . . .