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. 2021 Sep 25;4(2):115–132. doi: 10.1016/j.cjco.2021.09.013

Table 1.

Summary of existing guidelines, recommendations, and position statements concerning the management of cardiovascular risk and disease in relation to other sex- and gender-unique health conditions

Condition Document/guideline Organization
Contraceptive use
  • U.S. Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention218

  • Canadian Contraception Consensus Part 4 of 4: Combined Hormonal Contraception

  • The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada219

Pregnancy
  • 2018 Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension in Pregnancy

  • Hypertension Canada31,227

  • Cardiovascular Diseases During Pregnancy Guidelines

  • European Society of Cardiology33

  • Pregnancy and Heart Disease

  • The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists220

Polycystic ovarian syndrome
  • Recommendations From the International Evidence-Based Guideline for the Assessment and Management of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

  • The International Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Network53

Menopause
  • Chapter 2 Cardiovascular Disease

  • Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Canada221

  • 2017 Therapy Position Statement

  • The North American Menopause Society64

  • Hormone Therapy and Heart Disease

  • The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology222

  • 2016 Recommendations on Women’s Midlife Health and Menopause Hormone Therapy

  • The International Menopause Society56

  • Menopause Transition and CVD Risk: 2020 Scientific Statement

  • The American Heart Association70

Autoimmune rheumatic diseases
  • Chronic Pain, Diclofenac and Cardiovascular Risk: Management Algorithm

  • The Canadian Rheumatology Association223

  • Clinical Practice Guidelines

  • The American College of Rheumatology224

Depression
  • Screening and Management of Depression in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease: State-of-the-Art Review

  • The American College of Cardiology176

Chronic kidney disease
  • Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes Guidelines (Sex-Specific Recommendations Under Development)

  • Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes225

Breast cancer
  • Guidelines for Evaluation and Management of Cardiovascular Complications of Cancer Therapy

  • Canadian Cardiovascular Society206

  • Expert Consensus for Multimodality Imaging Evaluation of Adult Patients During and After Cancer Therapy

  • The American Society of Echocardiography/European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging226

  • Compounding Risk and Protection Model

  • University of Alberta204