What every woman must know about heart disease : [electronic resource] a no-nonsense approach to diagnosing, treating, and preventing the #1 killer of women / Siegfried J. Kra.

Includes index.

Ch. 1. Why More Women are Dying of Heart Disease -- Ch. 2. Understanding Symptoms of Heart Disease in Women -- Ch. 3. Coronary Risk Factors in Women (and How They Differ from Men's) -- Ch. 4. Heart Attack: Diagnosis and Treatment -- Ch. 5. Diagnostic Tests for Female Heart Disease -- Ch. 6. Mitral Valve Prolapse Syndrome: "The Woman's Disease" -- Ch. 7. Palpitations -- Ch. 8. Vascular Disease -- Ch. 9. Varicose Veins -- Ch. 10. Pulmonary Embolism -- Ch. 11. Diet and Medications for Preventing Heart Attack -- Ch. 12. Estrogen -- Ch. 13. Treating Angina -- Ch. 14. Balloon Angioplasty -- Ch. 15. Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery -- Ch. 16. Congestive Heart Failure -- Ch. 17. Heart Transplants -- Ch. 18. Exercise Prescription for Women -- Ch. 19. Sex and Heart Disease -- Ch. 20. How to Quit Smoking -- Ch. 21. The Kra Diet.