Supporting women's cardiovascular health.

Bill: 117-hres-946
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3]
Introduced: 2022-02-25
Policy area: Health
Latest action: action_date: 2022-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-02-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This resolution supports efforts to improve women's cardiovascular health.</p>

tv_txt: IV 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 946 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 25, 2022 Mrs. Trahan (for herself, Mr. Welch , Mr. Trone , Ms. Sewell , Mr. Carter of Georgia , Mr. Fitzpatrick , Mr. Bacon , Mr. Moulton , Mr. Rush , and Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce RESOLUTION Supporting women’s cardiovascular health.

Whereas cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death for women in the United States; Whereas women with cardiovascular disease are often underdiagnosed or misdiagnosed; Whereas women are underrepresented in clinical trials which assess unique benefits and risks of new cardiovascular treatments; Whereas women of color are particularly underrepresented in clinical trials of new cardiovascular treatments; Whereas addressing known barriers to clinical trial participation will increase the number of women participating in clinical trials; Whereas there is a critical need for increased participation in cardiovascular intervention clinical trials by women; and Whereas there exists a lack of awareness about treatment options for women, including technologies to enable heart recovery or heart muscle recovery, which enables a superior quality of life following a heart event: Now, therefore, be it

That the House of Representatives— (1) supports efforts to increase participation of women in cardiovascular intervention clinical trials; (2) recognizes the critical importance of education and awareness of advanced cardiovascular treatment options for women; and (3) encourages health care providers, drug and device manufacturers, and patient advocates to collaborate on ways to improve cardiovascular health among women.