The Female Heart: Why Women’s Cardiovascular Risk Is Still Misunderstood
Ask the Expert over Lunch session
📅 Wednesday, August 26th | 12:00–12:45
About this event
Heart health is still too often understood through a male lens. Yet women experience cardiovascular risk differently, from symptoms and diagnosis to prevention, hormones, life stages, and long term health outcomes.
In this Ask the Expert over Lunch session, we will explore why women’s cardiovascular risk remains under recognised and what needs to change in how we understand, prevent, diagnose, and address heart disease in women.
This session is part of the Health2Wealth Women’s Health Series and is designed to make important health knowledge accessible, practical, and relevant to everyday life.
Our expert guest
Prof. Christine Stefanie Meyer-Zürn is Professor of Cardiology and Co-Leader of Women’s Heart Health at University Hospital Basel. She will share her specialist perspective on the unique cardiovascular risks women face, the symptoms and warning signs that are often overlooked, and the steps women can take to protect their heart health throughout different stages of life.
Bring your questions, including:
• Why is women’s heart health still often misunderstood?
• How can cardiovascular symptoms differ between women and men?
• What roles do hormones, menopause, stress, and lifestyle play in women’s cardiovascular risk?
• What should women know earlier about prevention?
• Which warning signs are most frequently overlooked?
👉 Join us to better understand the female heart and learn what women can do to protect their cardiovascular health.
