The Woman's Heart―An Owner's Guide

For general readers, Elefteriades (cardiothoracic surgery, Yale U. School of Medicine) and Caulin-Glaser (preventive cardiology and research, Riverside Methodist Hospital, and internal medicine, Ohio State U.) present a guide to the heart that focuses on women's health issues. They cover the heart's structure, function, and differences in anatomy in comparison to men; changes associated with pregnancy; specific diseases; risk factors; and the different symptoms women experience when having heart problems. In addition, they discuss the effects of hormone therapy and contraception, medications and supplements for treatment, surgery, and genetics. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

John A. Elefteriades, MD (New Haven, CT), is the William W. L. Glenn Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, chief of cardiothoracic surgery, and professor of surgery at Yale University School of Medicine and Yale New Haven Hospital. A past president of the International College of Angiology, he serves on the editorial board of the American Journal of Cardiology, Journal of Cardiac Surgery, and Cardiology. The winner of the prestigious "Socrates Award" for the teaching of cardiac surgery, he is the author, with Lawrence S. Cohen, MD, of Your Heart: An Owner’s Guide and House Officer Guide to ICU Care.

Teresa Caulin-Glaser, MD, FACC (Columbus, OH), is Director of Preventive Cardiology and Research at the McConnell Heart Health Center, Riverside Methodist Hospital (OhioHealth) and a clinical associate professor of Internal Medicine at Ohio State University. She is the coauthor of four medical textbooks and numerous journal articles.