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Age, Menopause, and Heart Failure

For More Information:

National Institute on Aging: Menopause – Time For A Change
ww.nia.nih.gov/HealthInformation/Publications/Menopause

Office on Women's Health – Understanding Menopause
www.womenshealth.gov/menopause

National Institute on Aging: Hormones & Menopause
www.niapublications.org/tipsheets/hormones.asp

F.D.A.: Menopause & Hormone Replacement Therapy

References Lund LH, Mancini D. Heart failure in women. Med Clin North Am. Sep 2004;88(5):1321-1345. Rosamond W, Flegal K, Furie K, et al. Heart disease and stroke statistics--2008 update: a report from the American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee. Circulation. Jan 29 2008;117(4):e25-146. National Institute on Aging...
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Menopause & Heart Failure Risk

What is menopause?

Menopause is the time of your last period, a natural part of a woman's aging process when menstruation stops permanently because the ovaries no longer produce the female hormones estrogen and progesterone.23 A woman has reached menopause when she has not had a period for 12...
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Age, Menopause, and Heart Failure

Women's Heart Failure Risk By AgeHow does age affect my risk of heart failure?

A woman's risk of developing heart failure dramatically increases with age, as seen in the figure below.1, 2


As we age, so does our heart. Pumping the equivalent of about 1 million barrels of blood in an average lifetime through 60,000 miles of...
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