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Women As One @womenasone.bsky.social · 16h

A new study in @ahajournals.bsky.social shows women in academic cardiology face systemic barriers - unequal pay, limited leadership, gender norms, and burnout.

Mentorship, protected time, & funding help, but cultural & institutional change is essential.

Read: www.ahajournals.org/...

#CardioSky

Success in equity and inclusivity must extend beyond the raw number of women in an academic division. Representation is not simply about numbers, but inclusion, belonging, and thriving in a career in academic cardiology. - Journal of the American Heart Association, 2025

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Women As One @womenasone.bsky.social · 1d

Did you know that U.S. taxpayers can use their Donor-Advised Fund to support Women As One and advance women in cardiology worldwide?

Your gift fuels leadership programs, mentorship, and networks that empower women physicians.

Give today: https://app.dafday.com/

#DAFDay2025 #CardioSky

A photo collage of three women physicians with text overlain that reads "Your Donor-Advised Fund can elevate women in cardiology"

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Women As One @womenasone.bsky.social · 3d

At RISE @ ESC Congress 2025, Professor Vijay Kunadian reminded us that success begins with mindset.

In a system that often challenges women, belief, focus, and community drive empowerment and equity in medicine.

#LetsRISE2025 #ESCCongress #WCCardio #CardioSky

A quote from Professor Vijay Kunadian during the Heart Talk with the Global Community session at RISE @ ESC Congress 2025: "What you let into your head is so important. Tune out the negatives; it's the fire in your belly that's what keeps you going. If you are passionate about something, nobody should stop you from doing that. We need to empower ourselves to achieve what we what we need to achieve."

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Women As One @womenasone.bsky.social · 5d

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Women As One @womenasone.bsky.social · 5d

Radiation risks, injury, and pregnancy fears have long kept women from cardiology.

A “radiation reduction revolution” is making cath labs safer through tech, education, & advocacy, so that no one must choose between career & health.

Read more: www.linkedin.com/pul...

#WIC #CardioSky

Quote from Dr Nadia Sutton from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, USA: "Awareness of the brightening future for cath lab safety has been spreading day by day. We've now reached a point where modern understanding, the latest technologies, and a new willingness to invest in radiation safety are beginning to converge. It's both exciting and rewarding to help it along and see it unfold."

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Women As One @womenasone.bsky.social · 7d

💡 CRT transformed heart failure care - but outdated, male-driven criteria often miss eligible women.

A 2025 study shows in silico trials & height-indexed QRS duration could make CRT more precise & equitable.

Read: arxiv.org/pdf/2505.1...

#WomenInCardiology #CardioSky

Sex specific inclusion in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy. Computer simulations leveraged digital medical imaging and modeling to index QRSd to height rather than heart volume or mass to reduce gender disparity and offer a more precise, sex-aware approach to CRT eligibility.

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Women As One @womenasone.bsky.social · 9d

New research in The Journal of Physiology shows sex itself, beyond size or age, shapes heart structure. These differences matter for diagnosis, treatment, and research.

Equitable care requires sex-specific evidence.

Read: physoc.onlinelibrary...

#WomenInCardiology #CardioSky

Sex alone accounts for at least 25% of the natural variation in heart structure, even after correcting for age, blood pressure and various body size metric confounders. The Journal of Physiology, 2025

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Women As One @womenasone.bsky.social · 10d

Dr. Katja Rohwedder's path shows there's no single "right" way in medicine - impact, vision, & courage matter most.

From clinic to pharma, she's contributing to work that's saving millions of lives.

Read her story: womenasone.org/latest-news/...

#WomenInMedicine #MedSky #CardioSky

A quote from Dr. Katja Rohwedder, Senior Medical Affairs Physician at Bayer: "Demonstrate expertise. Deliver quality. Lead with integrity"

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Women As One @womenasone.bsky.social · 11d

CVD is the #1 killer of women. To change that, we need more women in cardiology & research, as well as systemic change

We join @worldheart.org in urging governments to act & commit to national heart health plans

Add your voice: world-heart-federation.org/sign-our-pet...

#WorldHeartDay #CardioSky

"Only 16 of 193 WHO Member States have a national cardiovascular health plan."

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Women As One @womenasone.bsky.social · 13d

A new study in npj Cardiovascular Health shows women, especially those pregnant or lactating, remain underrepresented in CV trials, with no improvement from 2017–2023.

Greater inclusivity is essential for equity in care.

Read: www.nature.com/artic...

#WomensHealth #CardioSky

Text reads: Clinical trial protocols must be redesigned to account for the physiological nuances and ethical considerations specific to these populations, rather than excluding them altogether. npj Cardiovascular Health, 2025

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Women As One @womenasone.bsky.social · 15d

🫀 Data show women developing AF after cardiac surgery face double the in-hospital mortality risk vs. men.

The study calls for urgent attention to pre-op optimization, individualized monitoring, and sex-based research.

Read more: doi.org/10.1093/ehjo...

#WomensHealth #CardioSky

Text reads: Sex differences in post-cardiac surgery atrial fibrillation. Females with post-cardiac surgery AF had twice the odds of in-hospital mortality compared to males.

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Women As One @womenasone.bsky.social · 17d

At RISE @ ESC Congress 2025, Dr. Carol Pitcher-Towner reminded us that equity in medicine isn't about quotas; it's about ensuring women's voices shape leadership, innovation & progress.

We're strengthening cardiology & improving outcomes.

#LetsRISE2025 #ESCCongress #WCCardio #CardioSky

A quote from Dr. Carol Pitcher-Towner during the Industry Panel at RISE @ ESC Congress 2025: We need women at the table because you offer a different perspective that I need to hear. We are not doing this because I want to meet some DE&I target. I'm doing it because it's absolutely essential if we want to change the face of medicine today.

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Women As One @womenasone.bsky.social · 19d

🚨 Women remain underrepresented in clinical research, leaving gaps in evidence-based care.

Leaders call for more sex-specific studies, equitable trial inclusion, and guidelines that reflect women’s biology.

Read more: www.thelancet.com/jo...

#WomensHealth #WomenInCardiology #CardioSky

Timeline for Women’s Health Research. This timeline reveals the time course of women’s health research at the federal level in the USA.

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Women As One @womenasone.bsky.social · 21d

Women with conditions like endometriosis & PCOS face higher risks of heart & brain disease, including:

🫀 41% ↑ ischemic heart disease
🧠 33% ↑ cerebrovascular disease
📈 28% ↑ Composite C/CVD

Care must reflect the full picture of #WomensHealth.

🔗 heart.bmj.com/conten...

#CardioSky #Medsky

Text reads: Awareness of the association between non-malignant gynecological diseases and cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disease would enable risk-reducing behavioural changes and interventions, to potentially prevent or delay the onset of or reduce the severity of C/CVD.

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TCTMD @tctmd.bsky.social · 22d

The second annual RISE conference at #ESCCongress2025, organized by @womenasone.bsky.social, highlighted the need to continue elevating women pursuing careers in medicine and clearing professional barriers from sexism to lack of equitable care for female patients. www.tctmd.com/news/lift-yo...

Lift as You Rise: Women in Cardiology Meet in Madrid to Talk Change

The RISE @ ESC Congress 2025 meeting made clear that policies matter, but so too do interpersonal connections on a local scale.

www.tctmd.com

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Women As One @womenasone.bsky.social · 22d

Too often, women's heart health is under-researched & under-recognized.

To address this, we're sponsoring the Cardiovascular Health Innovation Award at the 2026 #FemtechAwards, spotlighting breakthroughs driving equity in care.

Learn more: womenasone.org/lates...

#WomensHealth

"Cardiovascular Health Innovation in partnership with Women As One. Femtech World Awards 2026"

Women As One @womenasone.bsky.social · 23d

We’re pleased to share the 2nd edition of Women Who Lead, featuring Dr. Ana G Munera Echeverri, President of SIAC.

With 20+ years in CVD & pregnancy, she champions leadership & equity across the Americas.

Read her story (6-minute read): womenasone.org/lates...

#WomenInCardiology #CardioSky

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Women As One @womenasone.bsky.social · 24d

Thank you @tctmd.bsky.social and Caitlin Cox for highlighting RISE @ ESC Congress 2025.

True change in cardiology requires mentorship, sponsorship, and community - actions that lift others as we rise.

Read the article: www.tctmd.com/news/lift-yo...

#LetsRISE2025 #ESCCongress #WCCardio #CardioSky

Lift as You Rise: Women in Cardiology Meet in Madrid to Talk Change

The RISE @ ESC Congress 2025 meeting made clear that policies matter, but so too do interpersonal connections on a local scale.

www.tctmd.com

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Women As One @womenasone.bsky.social · 25d

Women make up 55% of heart failure patients, but only 28% of trial enrollees.

A Heart Journal article calls for action: diverse leadership, sex-specific data, and inclusive trial design. Representation in research saves lives.

🔗 heart.bmj.com/content/earl...

#WomenInCardiology #CardioSky

A figure from the article highlighting the broken pipeline in cardiovascular research

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Women As One @womenasone.bsky.social · 26d

Professor Lina Badimón shared her thoughts on the importance of networks at RISE @ ESC Congress 2025.

She urged leaders to elevate women by building networks, making them visible, & providing opportunities to lead research and clinical studies.

#LetsRISE2025 #ESCCongress #WCCardio #CardioSky

A quote from Professor Lina Badimón diven during RISE @ ESC Congress 2025: "We have to establish these networks of excellence, because there are many women that are excellent in their work, many are not known. And this is something that has to be changed."

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Women As One @womenasone.bsky.social · 27d

New research presented at #ESCCongress shows women without traditional risk factors but with high inflammation face higher lifetime heart risks.

Recognizing these unique profiles is key to ensuring equitable patient outcomes.

Read more: academic.oup.com/eur...

#WomensHealth #CardioSky

Structured Graphical Abstract: Among 12 530 initially healthy American women with no standard modifiable risk factors, individuals with baseline levels of the inflammatory biomarker hsCRP > 3 mg/L had a 77% 30-year increased risk of coronary heart disease, a 39% 30-year increased risk of stroke, and a 52% 30-year increased risk of total cardiovascular events (left). In the JUPITER randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial, rosuvastatin 20 mg daily reduced major adverse cardiovascular events among such ‘SMuRF-less but inflamed’ individuals by 38% (HR 0.62, 95% CI 0.45-0.85, P = .003) (right)

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Women As One @womenasone.bsky.social · 28d

"The House of Cardiology is not broken - we’re building castles for everyone.”

At RISE @ #ESCCongress 2025, Dr Roxana Mehran spoke with global leaders on equity, mentorship, and finding your squad.

Catch up on their conversation: womenasone.org/latest-news/...

#LetsRISE2025 #WCCardio #CardioSky

The panel during the house of cardiology roundtable at RISE @ ESC Congress 2025

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Women As One @womenasone.bsky.social · 29d

At #ESCCongress, new research highlighted overlooked risks to women’s heart health. From endometriosis and PCOS to early menopause and pregnancy-related cardiac arrest.

Urgent action is needed to close gaps in care.

Read more: www.escardio.org/Congresses-E...

#WomensHealth #CardioSky

New science from ESC Congress reveals overlooked risks to women's heart health

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Women As One @womenasone.bsky.social · Sep 10

Professor Barbara Casadei inspired everyone to remain united and committed to advancing the field of cardiology for a healthier future during RISE @ ESC Congress 2025.

#LetsRISE2025 #ESCCongress #WCCardio #WomenInCardiology #CardioSky

A quote from Professor Barbara Casadei, United Kingdom, given during the Heart Talk with the Global Community session RISE @ ESC Congress 2025: "Progress is not linear and we cannot take progress for granted for one second. So every little step we do forward, we can go back in a minute. So it is particularly important that we are intentional in everything that we do."

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Women As One @womenasone.bsky.social · Sep 10

📊 New data presented at #ESCCongress shows women remain underrepresented in CV trials - only 41% of participants (2017–23).

Rates were especially low in procedure-based & government-led studies, with great regional & disease type variation.

Read more: jamanetwork.com/jour...

#CardioSky

Figure 1. Women’s Participation in Cardiovascular (CV) Trials, 2017-2023