Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are diseases that affect the circulatory system, including the heart, veins and arteries. They are caused by a combination of numerous factors such as behavioral, socioeconomic and environmental factors. According to the data from the World Health Organisation (WHO), as much as 80% of cardiovascular conditions can be prevented by controlling risk factors, which include lifestyle changes, proper nutrition, exercise, elimination of nicotine and alcohol beverages, and regular monitoring of blood pressure, cholesterol and blood glucose levels. These risk factors are identical for both sexes of all age groups, however the intensity of some risk factor si higher in women than in men. Numerous studies of the past decades indicate numerous differences in cardiovascular risk, symptom manifestation and treatment of cardiovascular diseases between the sexes. Cardiovascular risk in women is not as well known as in men, due to the fact that numerous studies throughout history were based on male patients, therefore cardiovascular diseases have long been consideres ''man's disease''. For this reason, for many years the symptoms that occur in women during some conditions, such as acute myocardial infarction, were not considered. These gender differences may cause widespread concern over the possibility of inadequate treatment resulting in fatal outcomes. It is of great importance to study and investigate these differences in order to timely prevent cardiovascular diseases in both sexes, and if prevention is not possible, it is important that an adequate diagnosis is made in a timely manner, treatment is started and that the health conditions of either man or woman can be monitored in the long term.