Update in Women's Heart Disease: Prevention and Screening.

The goal in selecting these recent articles was to help identify literature that may change the clinical practice of women's health for internists. Articles were identified by reviewing the high-impact medical and women's health journals, national guidelines, ACP JournalWise, and NEJM Journal Watch. Cardiovascular (CV) disease remains the leading cause of death in women. The emphasis of this review is on identifying opportunities for CV risk reduction to prevent disease and on early identification of women with preexisting atherosclerotic disease to allow for early initiation of medical treatment.