Women and Heart Disease

<p>Despite being one of the world’s biggest killers of women, heart disease is under-diagnosed, under-treated, and under-managed. Why? What is going wrong?</p><p>Important and ground-breaking, <em>Women and Heart Disease</em> brings our attention to the inadequacies in both the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease in women.</p><p>Key features:</p><p>* written by Nanette Wenger and Peter Collins, two of the world’s leading cardiologists<br>* contributions from leaders in women’s cardiac health<br>* covers all aspects of cardiovascular disease, not just coronary artery disease<br>* fully updated.</p><p>Building on the success of the best-selling first edition, this is essential reading for all physicians with a particular interest in women and heart disease.</p> <p><strong>Section A: </strong>Introduction - Importance of Gender Differences, IOM Report<strong> Section B: </strong>Coronary Heart Disease <strong>Section C:</strong> Pregnancy/Oral Contraceptives/Hormonal Therapies <strong>Section D: </strong>Heart Failure<strong> Section E: </strong>Other Cardiovascular Diseases<strong> Section F: </strong>Related Issues</p>