RISK FACTORS FOR CORONARY HEART DISEASE IN MENOPAUSAL WOMEN ANNOTATION

According to the literature review, it was revealed that after the onset of menopause, 70% of women develop cardiovascular diseases, and 30% develop osteoporosis. In postmenopausal women, a complex of symptoms of adverse changes with an increased risk of cardiovascular events is manifested. However, it remains unclear whether the presence of menopausal symptoms can actually predict the clinical events of cardiovascular disease (CVD) or is primarily due to associated risk factors for cardiovascular events. To date, no consensus has been reached on this issue. There are many proposed mechanisms that explain the role of endogenous estrogen as a protector of CVD.

Consequently, cardiovascular diseases remain the main cause of morbidity and mortality in women in many countries, among people in the postmenopausal period, and it is quite possible that with an increase in the number of older people, they will remain the main risk factor for the development of cardiovascular diseases and mortality.

Keywords: cardiovascular diseases, estrogens, cardioprotection, postmenopausal period, risk factors.