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Less plaque, higher risk? Females show greater vulnerability to cardiac events

February 25, 2026

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Could sex-specific thresholds help improve cardiac risk prediction? Image credit: Jaime Grajales Benjumea/Getty Images

A new study shows that, despite having less plaque overall, females experience cardiovascular events at a similar rate to males, suggesting that they face a risk at lower levels of plaque buildup.
In females, cardiovascular…

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