Women's Vascular Health

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 hemorrhagicproblems, 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'svascular health as it applies to fertility issues and during pregnancy such as polycystic ovarian disease, menstrual dysfunction, the menopause, venous thromboembolism and hemorrhagic problems. In the concluding third section, hormonal therapy in women and in particular the oral contraceptive pilland 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.

"Written and edited by a unique combination of experts in obstetrics and gynecology, hematology, 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 ... thebook 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 carephysicians alike offer a higher level of care to their female patients."--Ruchira Glaser, The New England Journal of Medicine