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    Cardiovascular health and disease in women / [edited by] Pamela S. Douglas.

    • Title:Cardiovascular health and disease in women / [edited by] Pamela S. Douglas.
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Douglas, Pamela S.
    • Published/Created:Philadelphia : W. B. Saunders, ©2002.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Heart diseases in women.
      Heart--Sex differences.
    • Medical Subjects: Cardiovascular Diseases.
      Women's Health.
    • Edition:2nd ed.
    • Description:xiv, 545 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:0721694306
    • Contents:I. Introduction
      1. Approach to the Patient and Her Family / Karen J. Carlson
      2. When and How to Assess the Asymptomatic Woman / Pamela Charney
      II. Coronary Heart Disease Risk and Prevention
      3. Epidemiology and Prevention of Heart Disease / Lori Mosca
      4. Lipids / John C. LaRosa
      5. Carbohydrate Metabolism, Obesity, and Diabetes Mellitus / Patrick J. Skerrett, Angela Spelsberg and JoAnn E. Manson
      6. Diet, Nutrition, and Coronary Heart Disease / Frank B. Hu and Walter C. Willett
      7. Hypertension / Vera Bittner and Suzanne Oparil
      8. Smoking Cessation / Jane E. Anderson, Stevens S. Smith and Douglas E. Jorenby / [et al.]
      9. Hemostasis and Thrombosis / Babette B. Weksler
      10. Physical Activity / Mary L. O'Toole
      11. Psychosocial and Socioeconomic Risk Factors for Heart Disease / Suzanne G. Haynes, Susan M. Czajkowski and Sarah S. Knox
      III. Hormones and Heart Disease
      12. Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Estrogen's Actions / Muthuvel Jayachandran and Virginia M. Miller
      13. Lessons from Animal Models / Thomas B. Clarkson, Jay R. Kaplan and Janice D. Wagner / [et al.]
      14. Lessons from Human Trials / Cynthia A. Stuenkel and Elizabeth Barrett-Connor
      15. Prescribing Hormone Replacement Therapy / Beth J. Segal and Veronica Ravnikar
      IV. Clinical Coronary Heart Disease
      16. Chronic Stable Angina / Sharonne N. Hayes and Bernard J. Gersh
      17. Acute Coronary Syndromes / Laura J. Collins and Pamela S. Douglas
      18. Diagnostic Testing - Nonimaging and Imaging / Yeong Kwok and Rita F. Redberg
      19. Angiography and Angioplasty / Jane A. Leopold and Alice K. Jacobs
      20. Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery / Richard P. Cochran and Anthony L. Panos
      21. Implementing Strategies for the Secondary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease / James H. Stein and Patrick E. McBride
      V. Other Cardiovascular Diseases
      22. Valvular Heart Disease / Richard B. Devereux
      23. Gender Influences on Myocardial Structure and Function / Dorie W. Schwertz and Peter M. Buttrick
      24. Stroke and Peripheral Vascular Diseases in Women / Robert D. Langer and Michael H. Criqui
      25. Cardiovascular Syndrome X / Richard O. Cannon III
      VI. Pregnancy
      26. Normal Cardiovascular Physiology of Pregnancy / Malissa J. Wood
      27. Preexisting Heart Disease / John D. Rutherford
      28. Heart Disease Arising from Pregnancy / Karen B. James
      29. Cardiovascular Diagnostic and Therapeutic Options during Pregnancy / Heidi M. Connolly.
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