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Women-Specific Factors to Consider in Risk, Diagnosis and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease
- Source :
- Women's Health. 11:239-257
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2015.
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Abstract
- In the era of individualized medicine, gaps in knowledge remain about sex-specific risk factors, diagnostic and treatment options that might reduce mortality from cardiovascular disease (CVD) and improve outcomes for both women and men. In this review, contributions of biological mechanisms involving the sex chromosomes and the sex hormones on the cardiovascular system will be discussed in relationship to the female-specific risk factors for CVD: hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, menopause and use of hormonal therapies for contraception and menopausal symptoms. Additionally, sex-specific factors to consider in the differential diagnosis and treatment of four prevalent CVDs (hypertension, stroke, coronary artery disease and congestive heart failure) will be reviewed with emphasis on areas where additional research is needed.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular
Disease
Article
Contraceptives, Oral, Hormonal
Coronary artery disease
Pregnancy
Risk Factors
medicine
Humans
Intensive care medicine
Stroke
Sex Chromosome Aberrations
Gynecology
business.industry
Cholesterol, HDL
Estrogen Replacement Therapy
Estrogens
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Menopause
Receptors, Estrogen
Cardiovascular Diseases
Heart failure
Hypertension
Women's Health
Female
Personalized medicine
Differential diagnosis
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17455065
- Volume :
- 11
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Women's Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d708a5b7946e9468ce619072a5a6c715