FIGURE 1.
Potential involvement of the heart-brain axis in sex-dependent risk factors and presentations of cardiovascular disease (CVD). BMI, body mass index; CAD, coronary artery disease; CMVD, coronary microvascular dysfunction; CRP, C-reactive protein; MACE, major adverse cardiac events; ACS, acute coronary syndromes; HFpEF, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction; HFrEF, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.