[Outline of the JCS2010 guideline for gender-specific cardiovascular disease].
The present review introduces the outline of the JCS2010 guideline for gender-specific cardiovascular disease including the assessments according to the class of recommendation and the level of evidence based on totally 581 references. This guideline is started from the basic science of the gender-difference, and refers to gender-specific cardiovascular diseases: ischemic heart disease, heart failure, cardiomyopathy, valvular diseases, specific arrhythmias, aortic aneurism, peripheral vascular disease, venous thrombotic disease, and hypertensive heart disease. Much are focused on the recent issues regarding ischemic heart disease and heart failure reflecting the increasing prevalence accompanied with a society composed largely of elderly people in Japan.
Yoshihiko
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Seino
D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D012727:Sex Characteristics