ASCVD in women: what is different?

Featured Open Lecture: May-June 2025

In this lecture, Prof. Lale Tokgözoğlu talks about gender differences in ASCVD. She focuses on differences in risk factors and the association of sex-specific risk factors to ASCVD. The importance of lipids during different female transition periods including pregnancy and the negative effects associated with menopause are also discussed. The conclusion is that women are still underdiagnosed and undertreated.