But on this day, the women's minds were not on their cardiovascular health.
They also increased their cardiovascular endurance, a measure of their ability to exercise.
She said that would "create more stress on their cardiovascular system in order to achieve climax".
In fact, Levine said, rowing puts such strains on the heart that astronauts use rowing machines during space flights to try to maintain their cardiovascular fitness.
Why the American Heart Association is not aggressively using this carrot to entice men to improve their cardiovascular health boggles the mind.
But so many patients had brought in bags of supplements and "vitamins," convinced of their cardiovascular benefits, that I wanted to see how these products were being marketed.
Successful conservative management, however, depends on seeing patients regularly, so that you can titrate their medications and make sure that their cardiovascular risk factors are controlled.
DIET AND EXERCISE -- Some patients are able to lower their cardiovascular risk by losing weight, eating healthier, exercising and quitting smoking.
San Francisco-based Fitbit has released seven fitness trackers since the company launched in 2007, but the Charge HR is the first to include a heart-rate monitor that claims to help users track their cardiovascular health.
She writes that flavanoids, celebrated for their cardiovascular health benefits, are a "class of plants" (in truth, they are chemicals found in plants) and at one point assigns "red wine" to this group.
But from a patient's perspective, we're inclined to think the test could be a boon, if not for every American then at least for all those whose weight, age, smoking or other factors make them wonder about their cardiovascular prospects.
