This practical resource takes a close look at an emerging issue in woman's health-the gender difference in cardiovascular disease. Health care providers involved in the care of female patients can...
Culleton BF, Larson MG, Wilson PW, Evans JC, Parfrey PS, Levy D. Cardiovascular disease and mortality in a community-based cohort with mild renal insufficiency. Kidney Int 1999; 56:2214–19. 138. Tight blood pressure control and risk of ...
Heart disease is one of the biggest killers of women, but a poorly-researched area. This book provides a stand-alone guide for clinicians in the treatment of heart disease in their...
Efforts at primary prevention should be directed toward those women most likely to benefit from treatment. Because the relative risk for CAD associated with diabetes in women is significantly higher than in men (92,93), diabetics with ...
This best-selling, updated title, aimed at changing this treatment of women's cardiac issues, covers all aspects of female cardiovascular disease. It is required reading for all practitioners who assess female patients.
53,54 Fitter and more active women and men of all ages tend to have lower blood pressure than their sedentary counterparts and a sedentary lifestyle predicts the future development of hypertension . 42,48,55,56 Most studies evaluating ...
In particular this book will be helpful for cardiologists and other clinicians who may ask themselves why patients do not seem to make rational choices. "Why do patients not follow the advice they are offered?" is a common complaint.
It is now generally recognized that clinical trial investigators and research scientists at the molecular, genetic, and cellular levels need to perform more detailed gender-based research in order to understand...
Cardiovascular Disease in Women
Infective endocarditis (IE) has an estimated incidence in the general population of 0.01 % and half the incidence in women as compared to men [51]. Patients at increased risk for IE include valvular abnormalities associated with ...