• The book provides a thorough analysis of every aspect of heart disease in women, making it an essential reference for all cardiologists and physicians.

• Addresses the myths and facts about cardiovascular disease in women.

• The book is organised into eight detailed sections, beginning with prevention and risk factors, followed by investigation, diagnosis and management of coronary heart disease.

• The following sections cover a other conditions, including heart failure, arrhythmias, rheumatic heart disease, and congenital cardiac lesions in pregnancy.

• A complete chapter is dedicated to non-invasive testing, including echocardiography and stress myocardial perfusion imaging.

• The final part deals with miscellaneous topics such as the “unmet challenge” of Peripheral Arterial Disease, the use of ankle-brachial index, cardiovascular implications of cancer in women.

• A special chapter provides an update on recent literature concerning heart disease in women.

• Every chapter starts with Introduction and ends at Conclusion and References.

• Discusses history, pathophysiology, clinical features and treatment of every disease condition.

• KEY POINTS IN MANAGEMENT has been deliberately explained at relevant places wherever necessary.

• Highly illustrated with more than 500 colour images and well-informative tables.

• Written by internationally renowned physicians, scientists and cardiologists.