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See the Women's Heart Bus schedule 2026

The Women's Heart Bus

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Brive la Gaillarde 14, 15 et 16 octobre

NEWS

Cardiovascular Risk and Pregnancy

09/10/2026

Did you know that up to a quarter of maternal deaths can be prevented through early identification of cardiovascular risks?In August 2026, the prestigious journal *The Lancet* published several scientific articles on the presence of cardiovascular risk in pregnant women and the impact on their [...]

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High Blood Pressure: The Risk You Can't See

05/10/2026

According to Santé publique France, more than 55,000 deaths were attributable to hypertension in 2021, representing 8.5% of all deaths in France. 36% of hospitalizations for cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, or kidney diseases were related to hypertension, representing 385,000 patients. [...]

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The National Observatory on Women's Health, 4th Edition

30/09/2026

The latest edition of the ONSF’s *Agir pour le Cœur des Femmes* highlights a sad reality: every year in France, more women than men die from cardiovascular disease. The reasons for this disparity are well established: risk factors that exist yet are overlooked, gaps in care, and a lack of [...]

NEWS

Cardiovascular Risk and Pregnancy

09/10/2026

Did you know that up to a quarter of maternal deaths can be prevented through early identification of cardiovascular risks?In August 2026, the prestigious journal *The Lancet* published several scientific articles on the presence of cardiovascular risk in pregnant women and the impact on their [...]

NEWS

High Blood Pressure: The Risk You Can't See

05/10/2026

According to Santé publique France, more than 55,000 deaths were attributable to hypertension in 2021, representing 8.5% of all deaths in France. 36% of hospitalizations for cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, or kidney diseases were related to hypertension, representing 385,000 patients. [...]

NEWS

The National Observatory on Women's Health, 4th Edition

30/09/2026

The latest edition of the ONSF’s *Agir pour le Cœur des Femmes* highlights a sad reality: every year in France, more women than men die from cardiovascular disease. The reasons for this disparity are well established: risk factors that exist yet are overlooked, gaps in care, and a lack of [...]

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Women's Heart Day

Next date

Vannes 13 octobre

Our prevention materials

Prendre soin de ma santé cardio-vasculaire

IL EST URGENT D'AGIR - ET SI C’ÉTAIT VOUS ?

La santé de mon artère

La forte chaleur

Les bienfaits de la marche

Complémentarité des facteurs de risque chez les femmes

Maladies cardio-vasculaires, qu'est-ce que c'est ?

Suivi de ma tension artérielle

DISCOVER ALL PREVENTION MATERIALS

Testimonials

TESTIMONIAL

“I’m Diagnosed with Peripartum Cardiomyopathy”Just a few hours after giving birth to my children, my life was turned upside down. What should have been the happiest day of my life suddenly turned into a life-threatening emergency.Very quickly, I began to feel extremely short of breath, weak, [...]

Caitline, 23 years old

Career Change in Human Resources, Montbelliard

TESTIMONIAL

“I’ve been an emergency room doctor for 28 years. I’m very active—I exercise 7 hours a week: running, strength training, and walking. I’ve never smoked.My mother is 80 years old, a heavy smoker, but she has no cardiovascular issues. My father died young in an accident. I have no cholesterol [...]

Cathy, 58 years old

Emergency Physician, Bordeaux

TESTIMONIAL

“My heart stopped beating for 62 minutes.”Benjamin, Alexandra’s husband, recounts. “It’s May 21, 2021. I’m playing video games in the kitchen of our house. Alexandra is sitting on the living room couch, watching a TV show. She makes a strange noise, like snoring. I go over to check on [...]

Alexandra, 37

Compiègne, Administrative Assistant

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MARC LADREIT DE LACHARRIERE

Marc Ladreit de Lacharrière was born on November 6, 1940 in Nice (Alpes-Maritimes). He comes from an old Ardèche family from the hamlet of La Charrière. A graduate of the École Nationale d'Administration, he began his career at Banque de Suez et de l'Union des Mines, which later became [...]

Laurence Ferrari

"They say the heart governs reason. That it's the organ that gives us willpower and courage. It's probably because it beats within us, almost silently, that we often tend to forget about it. It's also because we believe it to be indestructible, unstoppable, that we focus the attention [...]