Full Description
This book reviews all aspects of the diagnosis and management of heart disease in women, covering areas such as gender differences in metabolic syndrome, hypertension and atherogenesis. Gender differences in cardiovascular diseases are widespread, but while gender medicine takes into account the effects of sex and gender on the health of women and men, traditionally, women have been underrepresented in cardiovascular clinical trials, in management of different cardiac diseases and drug use.
Gender Differences in the Pathogenesis and Management of Heart Disease deals with the gender-specific differences in cardiac physiology and diseases and brings into perspective the critical significance of gender in management of cardiovascular disease presentations and management. As such it is of enormous use to all clinical staff who manage women with cardiovascular disease.
Contents
Gender Differences in the Pathogenesis and Management of Heart Disease.- Foreword.- Preface.- Atherosclerosis and gender-related differences.- Gender Differences in Metabolic Syndrome.- Hypertension in women.- Sex-Based Differences in Risk Determinants and Management of Heart Failure.- Gender Differences in Cardiomyopathies.- Cardiovascular Risks of Impaired Fertility and Assisted Reproductive Therapy.- Gender differences in the gut microbiome and how these affect cardiovascular diseases.- Angina and Ischemia in Women with No Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease.- Microvascular angina as a cause of ischemia-an update.- Gender and Racial/Ethnic Differences in CVD Risk: Behavioral and Psychosocial Risk and Resilience.- Sex-Specific Differences in Acute Myocardial Infarction.- The prevention, diagnosis and treatment of ischemic heart disease in women.- Gender Differences in Outcome after Coronary Revascularization.- Sex Differences in Cardiac Arrhythmias.- Gender differences in atrial fibrillation incidence, mechanistic basis of the differences and treatment options.- Gender differences in cardiovascular drugs.- Cardiovascular Side Effects of Breast Cancer Therapy.- Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases in Women and Reduction Strategies in India.- Regional diff in HD in women.
