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9781606920664

Heart Disease in Women

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  • ISBN13:

    9781606920664

  • ISBN10:

    1606920669

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2008-10-01
  • Publisher: NOVA SCIENCE PUBLISHERS INC
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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 book brings together important recent research on heart disease with a focus on women and heart disease.

Table of Contents

Preface
Cardiac Rehabilitation: Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Women
Effects of Estrogen and Its Receptors on Myocardial Infraction
Preeclampsia and risk of cardiovascular disease: epidemiology and pathophysiology
Diabetes and the risk of Coronary Heart Disease among Women
The impact of heart rate as a cardiovascular risk
Women in a World of Men's Disease- The Case of Female Cardiac Patients
Thromboembolism and Coronary Heart Disease: In Which Aspects Are Women Different?
Aging Women and Coronary Heart Disease
Prognosis of Women with Acute Coronary Syndromes: An Overview
The Effects of Aging on the Electrophysiological Properties of the Atrial Myocardium in Women with and Without Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation
Women and Angina Pectoris: Emergency Department and Diagnostic Difficulties in an Undeveloped Community
Index
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