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Cardiovascular

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Heart Diseases: Angina | Arrhythmia | Congenital Heart Disease | Coronary Artery Disease | Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction) | Heart Failure | Heart Inflammation & Infection | Heart Muscle Disease (Cardiomyopathy) | Heart Valve Diseases | Other Heart Disorders

Vascular Diseases: Aneurysms | Aortic Disease | Functional Arterial Disease | Hypertension (High Blood Pressure) | Hypotension (Low Blood Pressure) | Inflammatory Vascular Disease (Vasculitis) | Occlusive Arterial Disease | Stroke | Vascular Lesions | Venous Disease

Cardiovascular Disease Treatment: Complementary & Alternative Therapy | Medication | Rehabilitation | Surgery | Heart Transplantation

Other Topics: General Cardiovascular | Heart Disease in Women | Anatomy | Cholesterol | Diagnostic Procedures | Homocysteine

Heart Disease in Women

(Jump to: Organizations | Find Care | General Information | Risk Factors & Prevention | Specific Diseases | Symptoms & Warning Signs )

Organizations
Women's Heart Foundation
National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease (WomenHeart)

Find Women's Heart Care
Women's Heart Health at Stanford:Stanford School of Medicine
Women's Heart Centers:Harvard Heart Letter

General Information
Heart Disease:National Women's Health Information Center
Women and Heart Disease:Texas Heart Institute
Heart Disease and Heart Attacks: What Women Need to Know:American Academy of Family Physicians
Heart Disease in Women:Mayo Clinic
The Heart Truth for Women:NHLBI [PDF]
The Heart Truth for Women: It's Ageless:NHLBI
Women and Heart Disease Fact Sheet:WomenHeart
Straight Talk, Women to Women:Texas Heart Institute [PDF]
Some Women More Likely to Miss or Ignore Heart Attack Warning Signs:American Heart Association
Women, Stress, and Heart Disease:netLibrary
Heart Disease in Women:MedlinePlus

Women and Specific Heart Diseases
Arrhythmia
Cardiac Arrhythmia Management: Why Women are Different from Men:Women's Heart Foundation
Coronary Artery Disease & Heart Attacks
Heart Attacks: The Female Facts:Texas Heart Institute
Gender Differences in Diagnosis and Management of Heart Disease:Women's Heart Foundation
WISE Study of Women and Heart Disease Yields Important Findings on Frequently Undiagnosed Coronary Syndrome:NHLBI
Heart Attack Symptoms in Women -- Are They Different?:NHLBI
Heart Failure
Women and Heart Failure:Cleveland Clinic Heart & Vascular Institute
Heart Valve Disease
Mitral Valve Prolapse:Women's Heart Foundation

Risk Factors and Prevention
Women's Heart Disease Risk Quiz:Women's Heart Foundation
Go Red Heart Checkup:American Heart Association
New Risk Assessment Tool More Accurately Predicts Women’s Cardiovascular Risk:Brigham and Women's Hospital
Lower Heart Disease Risk:NHLBI
Effect of Hormone Therapy on Risk of Heart Disease May Vary by Age and Years Since Menopause:NHLBI
Updated Guidelines Advise Focusing on Women's Lifetime Heart Risk:American Heart Association
Preventing Cardiovascular Disease in Women:American Academy of Family Physicians
Ten Questions a Woman Should Ask Her Healthcare Provider:American Heart Association
Healthy Heart Handbook for Women:NHLBI [PDF] [Order printed copy]

Symptoms and Warning Signs
Panic Attack or Heart Attack?:Women's Heart Foundation
Responding to Chest Pain: A Woman's Guide:Women's Heart Foundation
Women and Stroke: Unique Symptoms in Women:National Stroke Association

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