: Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. The main risk factors are poor diet, physical inactivity, and bad habits. Risk factors increase with age. A feature of older people is the combination of damage to organs and systems and the presence of several diseases. Currently, when studying diseases of the cardiovascular system, risk factors, clinical manifestations, diagnostic criteria and treatment approaches are identified that are common to patients, regardless of gender. But there are also specific factors that are characteristic only for men or only for women. These issues are studied by gender cardiology.