More Than 90% of Patients Are Women: Is this Why This Cardiovascular Disease Is Overlooked?
Women's eNews | 04.03.2026 04:16
March is Women’s History Month, a time to honor women but also to confront the inequities that continue to shape women’s lives, including the persistent neglect of women’s cardiovascular health. Few conditions illustrate this more clearly than Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD), an underrecognized condition of the body’s arteries that puts people at risk for developing high blood pressure, having a heart attack or stroke, and other potentially life‑threatening events in the absence of the traditional risk factors for heart disease, such as high cholesterol, lack of exercise or smoking.
