Franz H. Messerli Books

This practical reference reviews the epidemiology of hypertensive cardiovascular disease in menopause and its relationship to coronary heart disease-examining concurrent risk factors such as lipid abnormalities, obesity, physical activity, and smoking and discussing the use of estrogen replacement therapy to reduce cardiovascular mortality.

...thoroughly updated profiling all current antihyperten- sive drugs and discusses both pharmacologic and nonpharmaco- logic treatments...covers hypertensive emergencies, the elderly, insulin resistance syndrome, and more.