By Selma OransayEndometriosis as a Cardiovascular Risk Factor: A Comprehensive Meta-Analytic Review
By Selma Oransay
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death among women worldwide, accounting for nearly one-third of all deaths. While traditional risk factors include smoking and diabetes, women also face sex-specific contributors such as polycystic ovary syndrome, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy,…
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By Hale Goksever CelikCoexistence of endometriosis and cardiovascular diseases
By Hale Goksever Celik
The most common presenting complaints are mainly pelvic pain and infertility, most of which relate to the menstrual period. Affected women demand therapy for these symptoms of endometriosis, notably pelvic pain. Several theories have been proposed to explain the development…
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Endometriosis and possible cardiovascular outcomes
By Selma Oransay
A retrospective population-based cohort study from the Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, the UK, investigated the long-term cardiovascular outcomes of women with endometriosis. The study included 279,759 women in total, 20,1% (>56.000) were patients with surgically…
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