Sex-Specific Analysis of Cardiovascular Function. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Peter L.M. Kerkhof, Virginia M. Miller, editors.
• Editors: Kerkhof, Peter L. M; Miller, Virginia M
• Contents: Intro; Foreword; Preface; Contents; List of Reviewers; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Chapter 1: Women and Men in the History of Western Cardiology: Some Notes on Their Position as Patients, Role as Investigation...; Introduction; How to Define the Origin of Western Cardiology?; The Antiques in the Western World and Dealing with Illness; Historical Perspective; Central Discoveries in Medicine with Relevance for Cardiology; Measurement, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Cure; Ratio of Finger Lengths and In Utero Exposure to Sex Hormones; Bloodletting as Therapeutic Intervention Human Beings as Investigated SubjectsWe Stand on the Shoulders of the Giants of Cardiology; Giant Teams in Cardiovascular Research; The Pulmonary Circulation; Historical Survey of Women in Medicine; Womenś Medical Schools and Initiatives; Bedside Teaching and Medical Journals; The ``Medical Women Question;́́ Gender Models, Female Physicians, and Women Writers; Hospitals, Infirmaries, and Clinics; The Heart and the Heliocentric Paradigm; Medicine and the Military System; Medical Care in More Recent Times; Men and Women as Study Objects and Their Strengths Soldierś Heart and Other Cardiac TroublesCardiomythology and Other Inflictions; The Doctor as a Patient; Consolatory Reflections; Conclusions; References; Chapter 2: An Introduction to Epigenetics in Cardiovascular Development, Disease, and Sexualization; Introduction; Epigenetic Mechanisms and Cardiovascular Disease; DNA Methylation; Overview; DNA Methylation in Cardiovascular Development; DNA Methylation in Cardiovascular Disease; Summary; Histone Modifications; Overview; Histone Modifications in Cardiovascular Disease; Summary; Noncoding RNA; Overview; MicroRNAs in Cardiovascular Disease LncRNAs in Cardiovascular DevelopmentLncRNAs in Cardiovascular Disease; Summary; Epigenetics and Sex Differences; X-Inactivation and Genomic Imprinting; X-Escapee Genes; Y-Chromosome Epigenetic Modifiers; Sex Hormones and Receptors in Epigenetic Regulation; Conclusions and Future Directions; References; Chapter 3: Epidemiology of Congenital Heart Disease with Emphasis on Sex-Related Aspects; Incidence and Prevalence of Congenital Heart Disease (CHD); Preponderance of Specific Defects Between Boys and Girls; Manifestation of CHD; Progression to PAH; Treatment Outcomes and Complications Prognosis of CHDSummary; References; Chapter 4: Sex Differences in Epidemiology of Cardiac and Vascular Disease; Epidemiology of CV Disease in Adults; CVD Mortality; First Manifestation of CVD; CHD; Stroke; Heart Failure; CV Risk Factors; Summary; References; Chapter 5: Biostatistics in Cardiovascular Research with Emphasis on Sex-Related Aspects; Introduction; Medical Statistics The Basics; Sex Differences in a Continuous Outcome Measure; Independent Samples t-Test; Non-normal Outcome; Linear Regression Model; Standardization; Sex Differences in a Dichotomous Outcome Measure
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 616.1071; Medicine; Cardiovascular system -- Diseases -- Developing countries; Cardiovascular system -- Diseases -- Sex differences; HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / General; MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL / Diseases; MEDICAL / Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL / Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular system -- Diseases; Biomedicine; Human Physiology; Cardiology; Cell Physiology; Biomedical Engineering; Medical -- Cardiology; Science -- Life Sciences -- Cytology; Technology & Engineering -- Engineering (General); Cardiovascular medicine; Cellular biology (cytology); Biomedical engineering; Human physiology; Cardiology; Cell physiology; Biomedical engineering; Medical -- Physiology; Physiology; Developing countries; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319779324
• Related ISBNs: 331977932X; 9783319779317; 3319779311
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 31, 2018).
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