Women's Vascular Health

Description

This book brings together specialist authors from a variety of medical disciplines to give comprehensive coverage of the whole spectrum of women's vascular health. Covering coronary artery disease and its precursors, venous disease, thrombophilic defects, hormonal therapy and haemorrhagic problems, the content is divided into three sections. Section one reviews generic issues including the pathophysiology of arteriosclerosis, metabolic factors in vascular disease, the epidemiology and management of CHD in women. The management of cardiac syndrome X and the problem of diabetes are also discussed here. The second section looks at women's vascular health as it applies to fertility issues and during pregnancy such as polycystic ovarian disease, menstrual dysfunction, the menopause, venous thromboembolism and haemorrhagic problems. In the concluding third section, hormonal therapy in women and in particular the oral contraceptive pill and hormone replacement therapies are covered. The reader will be given a clear overview of the potential mechanisms whereby such therapy can act as a risk factor for arterial and venous disease, and will receive clear guidance regarding prescribing.

Ian A. Greer, Regius Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of Glasgow, UK Jeffrey Ginsberg, Professor of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Charles D. Forbes, Professor of Medicine, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of Dundee, UK

Written and edited by a unique combination of experts in obstetrics and gynecology, hemtaology, and medicine, Women's Vascular Health presents a view of vascular disease in women that is much more holistic than is often acknowledged ... The timeliness of the book deserves emphasis ... the book does a remarkable job of assembling and incorporating even very recent pivotal clinical trial data that focus on women ... It correctly identifies the unique characteristics of women and their vascular health, making for a book that will help obstetricians, cardiologists, and primary care physicians alike offer a higher level of care to their female patients. -- Ruchira Glaser, The New England Journal of Medicine