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Cardiovascular Disease in Women Module IX: Presentation Resources and Internet Resources

Cardiovascular Disease in Women Module IX: Presentation Resources and Internet Resources. Evidence-Based Guidelines for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Women. Objectives.

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Cardiovascular Disease in Women Module IX: Presentation Resources and Internet Resources

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  1. Cardiovascular Disease in WomenModule IX: Presentation Resources and Internet Resources

  2. Evidence-Based Guidelines for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Women

  3. Objectives • To present strategies to assess and stratify women into high risk, at risk, and optimal risk categories for cardiovascular disease • To summarize lifestyle approaches to the prevention of cardiovascular disease in women

  4. Objectives • To review evidence-based approaches to cardiovascular disease prevention for patients with hypertension, lipid abnormalities, and diabetes • To review an evidence-based approach to pharmacological risk intervention for women at risk for cardiovascular events

  5. Objectives • To summarize commonly used therapies that shouldnot be initiated for the prevention or treatment ofheart disease, because they lack benefit, or becauserisks outweigh benefits

  6. The Heart Truth Professional Education Campaign Website http://www.womenshealth.gov/hearttruth

  7. Internet Resources: Smoking Cessation http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/tobacco/treating_tobacco_use.pdf Source: Mosca 2004

  8. Internet Resources: Mercury Levels in Seafood Species http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodSafety/Product-SpecificInformation/Seafood/FoodbornePathogensContaminants/Methylmercury/ucm115644.htm Source: US EPA, DHHS

  9. Internet Resources: Clinical Guidelines on Obesity Treatment http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/ob_home.htm Source: Mosca 2004

  10. Internet Resources: JNC 7 Report on Hypertension http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/hypertension/ Source: NHLBI

  11. Internet Resources: DASH Diet for the Treatment of Hypertension http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/hbp/dash/index.htm Source: Mosca 2004

  12. Internet Resources: Diagnosis and Treatment of Diabetes http://www.diabetes.org Source: Mosca 2004

  13. Internet Resources: American Heart Association Statement on Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/reprint/115/1/114

  14. Internet Resources: Absolute CHD Risk Calculation http://hp2010.nhlbihin.net/atpiii/calculator.asp

  15. Conclusions • Gender differences exist in diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of CHD • Knowledge of gender differences is essential for appropriate therapy • Evidence-based guidelines provide a new framework for prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease in women

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