Heart disease in women / / Benjamin V. Lardner and Harrison R. Pennelton, editors

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (285 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.1/20082
• Soggetto topico: Heart diseases in women; Internal medicine
• Altri autori: LardnerBenjamin V PenneltonHarrison R
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cardiac rehabilitation : secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease in women / Richard Snow ... [et al.] -- Effects of estrogen and its receptors on myocardial infraction / Jiang Hong ... [et al.] -- Preeclampsia and risk of cardiovascular disease : epidemiology and pathophysiology / Giovanna Oggè, Simona Cardaropoli, Tullia Todros -- Diabetes and the risk of coronary heart disease among women / Gang Hu -- The impact of heart rate as a cardiovascular risk / Taku Inoue, Kunitoshi Iseki -- Women in a world of men's disease : the case of female cardiac patients / Michal Rassin -- Thromboembolism and coronary heart disease : in which aspects are women different? / Sigrid Nikol, Katharina Middendorf -- Aging women and coronary heart disease / Marek A. Kosmicki, Hanna Szwed -- Prognosis of women with acute coronary syndromes : an overview / Andreja Sinkovic -- The effects of aging on the electrophysiological properties of the atrial myocardium in women with and without paroxysmal atrial fibrillation / Osmar Antonio Centurión, Akihiko Shimizu, Shojiro Isomoto -- Women and angina pectoris : emergency department and diagnostic difficulties in an undeveloped community / Esed Omerkic, Fahir Barakovic.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 new book brings together important recent research on heart disease with a focus on women and heart disease.
• Titolo autorizzato: Heart disease in women
• ISBN: 1-60741-090-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910969826903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II