I Don’t Know About You, But…

When I started hormones the doctor sat down with me and explained the risks to me and one of them was increased heart disease and heart attacks.

Transgender patients more likely to suffer heart attacks, medical school residents find
GW Hatchet
By Shannon Mallard
April 11, 2019

Two residents in the School of Medicine and Health Sciences published a study last week finding that transgender individuals face a higher risk of heart attack.

A team of 11 researchers found that transgender men are four times more likely to suffer a heart attack than cisgender men and women, and transgender women are twice as likely to have a heart attack than cisgender women, according to the study. Researchers found that factors like limited access to health care, low exercise levels and health conditions like high blood pressure in the transgender community contribute to the increased risk – but they said the findings could inspire future research to help health care providers and transgender patients better work together to mitigate risk factors.
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Nguyen said she and her colleagues researched the topic for about five to six months and finalized their results last month. She said the research team chose to investigate heart attack risk in transgender patients because there is limited research on cardiovascular health in the transgender community.

From the WPATH SoC v7 page 40…

For trans women,
Likely increased risk with presence of additional risk factors: Cardiovascular disease
For trans men,
Possible increased risk with presence of additional risk factors: Cardiovascular disease

So it was known risk, which I accepted.

“Our study would likely raise the awareness among clinical providers and transgender population about the risk of heart attack to emphasize about the importance of primary coronary artery disease prevention in the transgender population,” she said.

Alzahrani added that she hopes the study will lead to further research on heart attack risk in transgender patients and encourage lawmakers to institute policies aimed at decreasing the number of instances of heart attacks.

So I guess this just reiterates our current understanding of the risks.