Coronary Heart Disease in Women : Prevention - Diagnosis - Therapy

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? Doody Review Services Reviewer: Thriveni Sanagala, MD(Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine) Description: This book gives a basic complete review of coronary artery disease (CAD) with risk factors, clinical manifestations, a basic idea of the pathophysiology, concise results of important trials and prevention. In the end, the book gives a summary of the hormone replacement therapy (HRT) trials and synopsis. Purpose: According to the author, this book summarizes the gender specific differences in prevention, diagnosis, and management of coronary artery disease in women. This book is needed to point out the biology and physiology of estrogens, point out the increased complications in women undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting, and summarize the trials of HRT. This book also is useful for the public to understand the implications of HRT. The review of the diagnosis and management of coronary disease is good. The majority of the diagnostic and therapeutic strategies are similar for men and women and have already been known extensively. The similarities in the disease and its management between men and women far outweigh the differences, a fact the author points out. The overall effect of the book may be to slightly overemphasize the differences and underrepresent the similarities between CAD in men and women. Audience: The author does not specify who the book is written for, but it is useful for students, residents and primary care physicians. The summary of HRT trial is a nice review for cardiologists. As the director of a women's health program and a cardiologist, the author is a suitable person to write this book. Features: The best feature of the book is the concise, current and complete review of CAD management which makes it very useful for students and residents. The other nice feature is a complete review of the HRT trials and studies. Assessment: Overall, the book provides a good review of CAD management for men and women, explains the physiology of estrogens, and points out some of the differences in the disease between men and women. Front Matter....Pages I-XV Epidemiology....Pages 1-12 Cardiovascular Risk Factors and the Development of Coronary Heart Disease in Women....Pages 13-33 Pathophysiology of Coronary Heart Disease and the Effects of Estrogen....Pages 35-46 Stable Angina....Pages 47-81 Acute Myocardial Infarction....Pages 83-113 Acute Coronary Syndromes....Pages 115-132 Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery....Pages 133-144 Primary and Secondary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease....Pages 145-174 Hormone Replacement Therapy....Pages 175-203 Future Directions....Pages 205-209 The text provides 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? Cardiovascular disease (CVD)) is still the leading cause of death in the industrialized world.