Hormone replacement therapy and cardiovascular disease the current status of research and practice

• Other Authors: Genazzani, A.R (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York Parthenon Publ-Group 2001
• Series: Controversial issues in climacteric medicine series
• Subjects: Cardiovascular Diseases > Congress > drug therapy; Cardiovascular Diseases > Congress > prevention & control; Cardiovascular System > Congress > drug effects; Hormone Replacement Therapy > Congress > methods; Postmenopause > Congress > drug effects; Women's Health > Congress
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• Item Description: "Published under the auspices of the International Menopause Society."
• Physical Description: viii, 188 pages illustrations 25 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9781842140383; 1842140388

This is a high-level, clinical reference by world-class specialists on the efficacy of hormone replacement therapy for the primary prevention of cardiovascular risk in postmenopausal women. Specific chapters cover pulsed estrogen therapy with Aerodiol and cardiovascular risk assessment in postmenopausal hormone replacement therapies such as Livial (tibolone). This volume is based on the formal presentations and subsequent discussions that took place at the International Menopause Society specially convened Expert Workshop on Hormone Replacement Therapy and Cardiovascular Disease, London, UK, October 13-16, 2000