RT Book, Section
A1 Sharma, Kavita
A1 Gulati, Martha
A2 Gulati, Martha
SR Print(0)
ID 1128087518
T1 HEART DISEASE IN WOMEN
T2 Color Atlas and Synopsis of Women's Cardiovascular Health
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071786201
LK accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1128087518
RD 2024/04/19
AB Cardiovascular  disease  (CVD)  is  the  leading  cause  of  death  in  the  United  States  (Figure  1-1).1  The  burden  of  CVD  is  shared  by  men  and  women  alike  (Figures  1-2  and  1-3),  although  CVD's  impact  on  women  has  been  traditionally  underappreciated.  For  far  too  long,  women  were  not  represented  in  major  cardiovascular  trials  (Figure  1-4  and  Table  1-1).2  In  addition,  both  patients  and  physicians  have  displayed  a  lack  of  awareness  regarding  CVD's  prevalence  in  women,  although  this  scenario  is  changing  now  (Figure  1-5).3,4  The  pathophysiology  of  CVD  has  unique  characteristics  in  women.  Furthermore,  as  women  are  increasingly  being  included  in  cardiovascular  trials,  management  strategies  specific  to  women  are  being  defined.5,6,7,8,9  In  this  Atlas  and  Synopsis  of  Women's  Cardiovascular  Health,  we  hope  to  highlight  the  impact  of  CVD  on  women,  its  unique  characteristics  in  women,  and  important  topics  in  CVD  that  have  female-specific  management  strategies.