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01-02-2009 | Editorial
A window of opportunity: improving cardiovascular health in women
Published in: Netherlands Heart Journal | Issue 2/2009
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From our daily lives we know that men and women differ considerably. Men buy cars and women shoes, men ruin the white laundry and women destroy acceleration gears, and we eagerly read the books describing that men are from Mars and women from Venus. These stereotypes do reflect the constant debate on gender differences in society. Similarly, it is increasingly accepted within cardiovascular health care that male and female patients might need another approach.