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Springer Coronary Heart Disease in Women Prevention Diagnosis Therapy 1st Editon 2003 Softbound by Elisabeth von der Lohe
Take advantage of new insights into prevention, diagnosis and treatment of coronary heart disease in women - to the benefit of your patients. Designed to optimize your daily practice, this book gives lucid, up-to-date answers to numerous questions: - What are the risks and benefits of hormone replacement therapy? - What are the major risk factors for coronary heart disease in women? - What are the most appropriate diagnostic tests in women? - Which is the better treatment option for the woman with myocardial infarction - lysis or primary angioplasty? 1 Epidemiology.- Definition.- The “MONItoring Cardiovascular Disease” Project of the WHO (WHO MONICA Project).- 2 Cardiovascular Risk Factors and the Development of Coronary Heart Disease in Women Smoking.- Smoking.- Dyslipidemia.- Lipoprotein (a).- Diabetes Mellitus.- Insulin Resistance and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.- Family History of Coronary Heart Disease or Genetic Disposition.- Hypertension.- Sedentary Lifestyle.- Obesity.- Homocysteine.- High sensitivity C-reactive Protein.- Risk Factors Unique to Women.- 3 Pathophysiology of Coronary Heart Disease and the Effects of Estrogen.- Basics.- Effects of Estrogen.- 4 Stable Angina.- Definition and Pathophysiology of Angina Pectoris.- Diagnosis Based on Symptoms.- Diagnostic Evaluation.- Medical Management.- Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Stable Angina.- 5 Acute Myocardial Infarction.- Progression from Stable Coronary Heart Disease to Myocardial Infarction.- Epidemiology of Acute Myocardial Infarction.- Pathophysiology.- Clinical Presentation of Acute Myocardial Infarction.- Criteria for the Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction.- Therapy.- Complications.- Prognosis.- Influence of Gender on the Referral for Coronary Angiography in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction.- 6 Acute Coronary Syndromes.- Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction/Unstable Angina.- Definition.- Presentation.- Diagnosis.- Therapy.- 7 Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery.- Operative Mortality.- Complications Associated with CABG.- Long-Term Outcomes.- Indication for CABG Surgery.- Comparison of CABG with Multivessel Angioplasty.- 8 Primary and Secondary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease.- Class I Interventions.- Class II Interventions.- Class III Interventions.- 9 Hormone Replacement Therapy.- Hormone Replacement Therapy and Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease.- Observational Studies for Primary and Secondary Prevention.- Randomized Primary Prevention Trials.- Randomized Secondary Prevention Trials.- Clinical Implications of Hormone Replacement Therapy.- Biological Mechanisms of Hormone Replacement Therapy.- 10 Future Directions.