Heart disease in women / Benjamin V. Lardner and Harrison R. Pennelton, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lardner, Benjamin V.

Pennelton, Harrison R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heart diseases in women.

Internal medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Heart disease is an umbrella term for a number of different diseases affecting the heart. As of 2007, it is the leading cause of death in the United States, England, Canada and Wales, killing one person every 34 seconds in the United States alone.Heart disease is synonymous with cardiac disease but not with cardiovascular disease which is any disease of the heart or blood vessels. Among the many types of heart disease are, for example: Angina; Arrhythmia; Congenital heart disease; Coronary artery disease (CAD); Dilated cardiomyopathy; Heart attack (myocardial infarction); Heart failure; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Mitral regurgitation; Mitral valve prolapse; and Pulmonary stenosis. This new book brings together important recent research on heart disease with a focus on women and heart disease.

Contents:

Cardiac rehabilitation : secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease in women / Richard Snow ... [et al.]

Effects of estrogen and its receptors on myocardial infraction / Jiang Hong ... [et al.]

Preeclampsia and risk of cardiovascular disease : epidemiology and pathophysiology / Giovanna Oggè, Simona Cardaropoli, Tullia Todros

Diabetes and the risk of coronary heart disease among women / Gang Hu

The impact of heart rate as a cardiovascular risk / Taku Inoue, Kunitoshi Iseki

Women in a world of men's disease : the case of female cardiac patients / Michal Rassin

Thromboembolism and coronary heart disease : in which aspects are women different? / Sigrid Nikol, Katharina Middendorf

Aging women and coronary heart disease / Marek A. Kosmicki, Hanna Szwed

Prognosis of women with acute coronary syndromes : an overview / Andreja Sinkovic

The effects of aging on the electrophysiological properties of the atrial myocardium in women with and without paroxysmal atrial fibrillation / Osmar Antonio Centurión, Akihiko Shimizu, Shojiro Isomoto

Women and angina pectoris : emergency department and diagnostic difficulties in an undeveloped community / Esed Omerkic, Fahir Barakovic.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-60741-090-7

OCLC:

839305400