Recognition and prevention of cardiovascular disease in women

Comprehensive Therapy

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 255-261

  Champney, Kimberly P ^a   Wenger, Nanette K ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GRADY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ATORVASTATIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ESTROGEN; FLUINDOSTATIN; GESTAGEN; HORMONE; MEVINOLIN; PRAVASTATIN; ROSUVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

ALGORITHM; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVALUATION; GENDER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MENOPAUSE; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; STROKE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 30444460256     PISSN: 00988243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/COMP:31:4:255     Document Type: Review

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