{"id":553430,"date":"2026-04-30T22:56:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T20:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/?p=553430"},"modified":"2026-04-30T22:57:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T20:57:05","slug":"hormonal-contraception-and-cardiovascular-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/hormonal-contraception-and-cardiovascular-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Hormonal contraception and cardiovascular risk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Over 247 million women worldwide use hormonal contraception &#8211; the majority with combined oral contraceptives (COCs). This prevalence is accompanied by an ongoing medical responsibility: venous thromboembolism, ischemic strokes and myocardial infarctions are rare but potentially life-threatening side effects that must be assessed according to the preparation, route of administration and individual risk profile. A groundbreaking cohort study from Denmark [1], which analyzed data from over two million women over 22 years, provides granular risk data for modern forms of contraception for the first time. At the same time, new substances &#8211; estetrol (E4), nomegestrol acetate (NOMAC) and the drospirenone-only pill &#8211; are expanding the therapeutic spectrum.   <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"pmpro\"><div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\"><div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">Dieser Inhalt ist nur f\u00fcr Benutzer der Gruppe: Medizinische Fachperson zug\u00e4nglich <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/my-account\/packages\/\">Jetzt beitreten<\/a><\/div><div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/log-in\/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmedizinonline.com%2Fen%2Fhormonal-contraception-and-cardiovascular-risk%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 247 million women worldwide use hormonal contraception &#8211; the majority with combined oral contraceptives (COCs). This prevalence is accompanied by an ongoing medical responsibility: venous thromboembolism, ischemic strokes and&#8230;&hellip;... <\/p>\n<div class=\"pmpro\"><div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\"><div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">Dieser Inhalt ist nur f\u00fcr Benutzer der Gruppe: Medizinische Fachperson zug\u00e4nglich <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/my-account\/packages\/\">Jetzt beitreten<\/a><\/div><div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/log-in\/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmedizinonline.com%2Fen%2Fhormonal-contraception-and-cardiovascular-risk%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":553431,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","cat_1_feature_home_top":false,"cat_2_editor_pick":false,"csco_eyebrow_text":"Current evidence, risk classes and new counseling options","footnotes":""},"category":[11359,11508,11400,11363,11442,11548,11503],"tags":[32907,32916,90898],"powerkit_post_featured":[],"class_list":["post-553430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cardiology","category-education","category-gynecology","category-neurology","category-pharmacology-and-toxicology","category-rx-en","category-studies","tag-contraception","tag-contraception-en","tag-drospirenone","pmpro-level-required","pmpro-level-1","pmpro-no-access"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-08 02:20:08","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"wpml_current_locale":"en_US","wpml_translations":{"fr_FR":{"locale":"fr_FR","id":553427,"slug":"contraception-hormonale-et-risque-cardiovasculaire","post_title":"Contraception hormonale et risque cardiovasculaire","href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/fr\/contraception-hormonale-et-risque-cardiovasculaire\/"},"it_IT":{"locale":"it_IT","id":553424,"slug":"contraccezione-ormonale-e-rischio-cardiovascolare","post_title":"Contraccezione ormonale e rischio cardiovascolare","href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/it\/contraccezione-ormonale-e-rischio-cardiovascolare\/"},"pt_PT":{"locale":"pt_PT","id":553421,"slug":"contracecao-hormonal-e-risco-cardiovascular","post_title":"Contrace\u00e7\u00e3o hormonal e risco cardiovascular","href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/pt-pt\/contracecao-hormonal-e-risco-cardiovascular\/"},"es_ES":{"locale":"es_ES","id":553436,"slug":"anticoncepcion-hormonal-y-riesgo-cardiovascular","post_title":"Anticoncepci\u00f3n hormonal y riesgo cardiovascular","href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/es\/anticoncepcion-hormonal-y-riesgo-cardiovascular\/"}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553430"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":553432,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553430\/revisions\/553432"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/553431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category?post=553430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553430"},{"taxonomy":"powerkit_post_featured","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/powerkit_post_featured?post=553430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}