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Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Women: What Makes It Different from Men

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Sex-related differences in ischemic heart disease (IHD) and other manifestations of cardiovascular disease are currently not taken into account in the various existing risk scores. This often leads to an underestimation of the actual CVD risk in women. Traditional risk factors, female-specific risk factors and non-traditional risk variables are discussed in this chapter with their meaning in order to identify the high risk woman.

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