Sex and Cardiovascular Disease

The evidence for sex differences between females and males in disease mechanisms, clinical presentation and natural history of cardiovascular diseases, as well as the response to medical and interventional treatment strategies is overwhelming.

From diet to pacing and paedi­atric pulmonary hypertension

Hypertension in women: what is different?

Hypertension in Pregnancy

The present review provides an overview of the hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, their pathophysiology, diagnosis and management.

Impact of Sex and Gender on Heart Failure

Sex and gender affect almost every aspect of heart failure, from epidemiology and risk factors, to pathophysiology, phenotype, response to medical, non-medical and device therapy and ultimate outcomes.

Sex differences in type 2 diabetes

Both sex, the biological differences between women and men, and gender, the sociologically constructed differences in one of the two sex categories, influence the prevalence of noncommunicable diseases such as obesity and type 2 diabetes.

Breast Cancer and Cardiovascular Risk

Cardiovascular disease arises from known cardiac side effects of several anti-cancer therapies, but also cancer itself promotes cardiovascular disease. On the other hand, cardiovascular diseases predispose to future development of cancer.

Impact of diet on disease prevention and progression in heart failure patients: what’s the evidence?

Depending on the stage of heart failure, nutrition can influence the development and progression of the disease in different ways: from over-nutrition in early, to malnutrition in advanced stages.

Förderungspreis USGG 2023

Albrecht von Haller Awards of the Swiss Heart Foundation 2023