Cardiovascular disease
Clearinghouse Connector – March 2009
This edition of the Clearinghouse Connector provides electronic links to resources that highlight a number of issues women face in relation to cardiovscular disease.
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Overview
Causes of death in Australia 2006
Cardiovascular disease in Australia: a snapshot 2004-05
Healthcare expenditure on cardiovascular diseases 2004-05
Sex and gender differences
Gender impact assessment: cardiovascular disease
Women a poor second in heart disease
Self rated health among women with coronary heart disease
Sex-specific issues related to cardiovascular disease
Gender impact assessment: cardiovascular disease
Women and cardiovascular disease
Prevention
Aspirin for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in women: does sex matter?
Cardiovascular disease prevention tailored for women
Should women be offered cholesterol lowering drugs to prevent cardiovascular disease?
Cardiovascular interventions in women: are all therapies equal?
Coronary heart disease in women: highlights of the past two years
Gender-based guidelines on cards
Risk factors
Socioeconomic inequalities in cardiovascular disease
Heart disease risk determines menopausal age rather than the reverse
Matters of the heart are important to women
Pill linked to higher prevelence of arterial plaque
Female heavy drinkers have increased risk of atrial fibrillation
Lifetime risk: a new way to determine risk for cardiovascular disease
Does the treadmill test work in women?
Heart health and other conditions
Increased cardiovascular mortality more than 15 years after radiotherapy for breast cancer
Lifestyle and risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes in women
Sex disparities in the treatment and control of cardiovascular risk factors in women
Long term exposure to air pollution and incidence of cardiovascular disease in women
Obesity as compared with physical activity in prediciting risk of coronary heart disease in women
Hormone replacement therapy
Can hormone therapy prevent heart disease?
Postmenopausal hormone therapy and risk of cardiovascular disease by age and years since menopause
Hormones and heart disease in women
Related websites
National Heart Foundation of Australia
Go Red for Women: Women and Heart Disease
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