Cardiometabolic & kidneyGuideline or statement
Women’s Kidney Health in Focus: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association
- Scientific statement
Recommendations
As issued by the authors
Family planning, prepregnancy counseling and antenatal care are essential to support reproductive health in women with CKD.
Precision kidney medicine for women requires equitable access to kidney care, assessment of reproductive health in chronic care, adequately powered trials including both women and men, and mechanistic studies linking reproductive health to long-term CVD and CKD.
Original publication
Women’s Kidney Health in Focus: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. Published 17 September 2026. doi:10.1161/cir.0000000000001471
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