Manual of Gynecardiology

Angela Maas, MD PhD, has been a clinical cardiologist since 1988 and has developed an interest in heart disease in women. She has participated in several international training programs and established the first outpatient clinic for women in the Netherlands in 2003. She focuses on the early identification of women at increased CV risk and symptom evaluation in middle-aged women. She has initiated several national and international multidisciplinary collaborative projects to promote healthy ageing in women. She holds the first chair for women's cardiac health at the Radboud University in Nijmegen. She has received several awards for her pioneering work, such as from the Dutch Society of Female Physicians (2010) and the Radboud University (2014). She is currently one of the most influential female doctors in Dutch healthcare.

Epidemiology cardiovascular disease in women.- Gender differences in traditional risk factors.- Female-specific risk factors.- Stable coronary artery disease.- Microvascular coronary artery disease.- Acute coronary syndromes.- Cardiovascular critical ill female patient.- Heart failure in women.- The female ECG and rhythm disorders.- Aortic diseases and peripheral arterial disease in women.- Stroke and cognition disorders in women.- Inflammatory disorders and CVD in women.- Gynecardiology in clinical practice.- Communication, coping with stress and psychosocial factors and CVD in women.- Pharmacotherapy in women.