Vieillissement cardiovasculaire, une question de genre ? Rosa-Maria Bruno

Do all arteries age at the same rate? Are the observed differences between women and men solely due to hormones, or to a broader range of factors? Different trajectories emerge from a young age, with changes that seem to accelerate over time. Are hormonal explanations sufficient to understand them? What do the effects of pregnancies, their complications, or more broadly, life experiences reveal about the cardiovascular system? What role do behaviors, exposure to stress, access to healthcare, and social norms play in these changes? How do these dimensions, often grouped under the concept of gender, contribute to shaping cardiovascular risks? Rosa-Maria Bruno, a physician and professor of clinical pharmacology at Université Paris Cité, explores these questions by combining biological and social approaches to better understand vascular aging and its determinants.