Heart disease in women /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Wilansky, Susan, Willerson, James T., 1939-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Churchill Livingstone, [2002]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Heart Diseases. Women. Women's Health.

Table of Contents:

Sec. I. Cardiovascular system in women
Anatomy
Physiology
Sec. II. Coronary artery disease
Overview
Anatomy
Risk factors
Behavior barriers to health
Clinical recognition : risk assessment screening
Noninvasive diagnostic testing
Invasive diagnostic testing
Clinical consequences
Therapy
Sec. III. Valvular heart disease
Aortic valve disease
Mitral valve disease
Tricuspid and pulmonary valve disease
Sec. IV. Endocarditis
Infective endocarditis
Sec. V. Cardiomyopathy
Dilated cardiomyopathy
Congestive heart failure
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Sec. VI. Hypertension
Pathophysiology, clinical recognition, therapy, and prevention of hypertension
Sec. VII. Arterial disease
Aortic diseases and aortic dissection
Peripheral vascular disease
Cerebrovascular disease
Sec. VIII. Pregnancy
Pregnancy, hemodynamic alterations, and the cardiovascular system
Congenital heart disease : pathophysiology, clinical recognition, diagnosis, and management
Valvular heart disease : pathophysiology, clinical recognition, diagnosis, and management
Management of valvular heart disease
Hypertension
Peripartum cardiomyopathy
Arrhythmias in pregnancy
Drugs and pregnancy
Primary pulmonary hypertension and pregnancy
Sec. IX. Vascular disease
Deep vein thrombosis
Pulmonary emboli
Sec. X. Pericardial disease
Pathophysiology, clinical recognition, diagnosis, and management
Sec. XI. Arrhythmias
Supraventricular tachycardia
Ventricular tachycardia
Heart block
Sudden cardiac death
Neurally mediated syncopal syndromes
Sec. XII. Pulmonary hypertension
Pathophysiology, clinical recognition, diagnosis, and management
Sec. XIII. Collagen vascular disease
Pathophysiology, clinical recognition, diagnosis, and management