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Women and heart health

Pakistan Published 4 October 2026, 02:23 · archived 3 Oct 2026

EDITORIAL: The finding that Pakistani women have the highest death rate from ischaemic heart disease among women in five South Asian countries should prompt serious reflection. On the eve of World Heart Day on Sept 29, cardiologists, gynaecologists, and local industry representatives gathered at the Karachi Press Club to launch the nationwide ‘Her Heart Matters’ campaign, highlighting evidence from Global Burden of Disease estimates published in JACC: Asia. The study found that Pakistan was the only country among the five where the ratio of deaths to estimated cases was higher among women than...

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