Women & heart disease
By: edited by Nanette Kass Wenger and Peter Collins.
Contributors: Wenger, Nanette Kass.; Collins, P.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 640
Subjects: Heart Diseases; Women's Health; Heart diseases in women
Other titles: Women and heart disease
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Epidemiology of coronary heart disease in women; title: Cardiovascular disease risk factors in women; title: The A, B, C, D, and E of diabetes and heart disease in women; title: Lipid abnormalities: recognition and management; title: Other risk interventions: smoking; title: Other risk interventions: obesity; title: Other risk interventions: exercise; title: Serum homocysteine and coronary heart disease; title: Novel risk factors: C-reactive protein; title: Diagnostic procedures: exercise testing/exercise and pharmacologic radionuclide procedures; title: Diagnostic procedures: stress echocardiography; title: The role of CMR and PET in women; title: Diagnostic procedures: electron beam tomography and multislice computed tomography; title: Stable angina pectoris (recognition and management); title: Cardiac syndrome X; title: Silent ischemia in women; title: Acute coronary syndromes - thrombolysis, angioplasty; title: Acute coronary syndromes; title: Percutaneous coronary interventions in women; title: Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery; title: Cardiac rehabilitation for women; title: Cardiac disease and cardiac surgery in pregnancy; title: Hypertension in pregnancy; title: Peripartum cardiomyopathy; title: Sex hormones and normal cardiovascular physiology in women; title: Menopausal hormone therapy; title: Polycystic ovary syndrome; title: Diastolic dysfunction; title: Heart failure in women; title: Cardiac transplantation; title: Hypertension; title: Women and congenital heart disease; title: Acquired valvular heart disease; title: Severe pulmonary hypertension; title: Anorectic drugs and their cardiopulmonary effects; title: Women, their hearts and their strokes; title: Arrhythmia and arrhythmia management; title: Perpheral arterial disease in women; title: Gender and cardiovascular medications; title: Social stress, strain, and heart disease in women; title: Depression and heart disease; title: Clinical trial evidence for women's cardiovascular health: what we know and what we must learn; title: Education of women about cardiovascular health.