616.1/2/0082
Kra, Siegfried J.
What every woman must know about heart disease : a no-nonsense approach to diagnosing, treating, and preventing the #1 killer of women / Siegfried J. Kra. -
New York, NY : Warner Books, c1996.
xii, 226 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Content notes : 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.
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