Women's Vascular Health (Hardcover)

SECTION 1: OVERVIEW
      1. Epidemiology of vascular disease in women
      2. Pathophysiology of arterioscleriosis
      3. Metabolic risk factors for vascular disease in women
      4. Genetic factors in vascular disease
      5. Diabetes mellitus in women
      6. Haemostatic factors in vascular disease
      7. Congenital Thrombophilia and Venous Disease
      8. Acquired thrombophilia
      9. Congenital and acquired haemorrhagic problems
      10. The Vasculitides
      11. Anticoagulants / anticoagulants in pregnancy
      12. Antiplatelet agents
      13. Prophylaxis of venous and arterial thromboembolism in medical and surgical patients
      14. Management of coronary artery disease including syndrome X in women
      15. Peripheral vascular disease in women
      16. Cerebrovascular disease
      17. Cancer and thrombosis in women
      18. Management of DVT and PTE including longterm sequelae
SECTION 2: REPRODUCTIVE PROBLEMS
      19. Irregular menstrual bleeding
      20. Polycystic ovarian syndrome and vascular disease
      21. The effect of pregnancy on the haemostatic and metabolic systems
      22. Venous thrombosis in pregnancy
      23. Venous thrombosis and ovarian stimulation
      24. Thrombophilia and pregnancy complications
      25. Heart disease in pregnancy
      26. Hypertension, pre-eclampsia and intrauterine growth restriction
      27. Thrombocytopenia in Pregnancy
      28. Gestational diabetes
      29. Maternal & fetal programming
SECTION 3: HORMONAL THERAPY IN WOMEN
      30. Epidemiology of the combined oral contraceptive pill and thrombosis
      31. The oral contraceptive pill, mechanisms of vascular risk and practical prescribing strategies for women with thrombotic problems
      32. Epidemiology of HRT and vascular disease
      33. Hormone replacement therapy and mechanism of vascular risk
      34. Practical strategies for HRT prescribing