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Sex Steroids and the Cardiovascular System
. Ed(S): Ramwell, Peter; Rubanyi, Gabor M.; Schillinger, E.
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Paperback. Editor(s): Ramwell, Peter; Rubanyi, Gabor M.; Schillinger, E. Series: Ernst Schering Foundation Symposium Proceedings. Num Pages: 201 pages, 26 black & white illustrations, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: MJD; MJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 288.
Evidence accumulated over the past decade show that gonadal steroid hormones participate in an important way in the physiological and pa thophysiological regulation of the cardiovascular system. The hor monal profile appears to put males at a disadvantage biologically in terms of cardiovascular diseases. The incidence of hypertension is higher in men than in pre-monopausal women indicating an influence of gender on the hypertensive disease process. Males and females have equivalent cholesterol levels until puberty but males suffer an ex ponential increase in heart disease in their forties, while the female rise does not start until a decade later, after ... Read more
Evidence accumulated over the past decade show that gonadal steroid hormones participate in an important way in the physiological and pa thophysiological regulation of the cardiovascular system. The hor monal profile appears to put males at a disadvantage biologically in terms of cardiovascular diseases. The incidence of hypertension is higher in men than in pre-monopausal women indicating an influence of gender on the hypertensive disease process. Males and females have equivalent cholesterol levels until puberty but males suffer an ex ponential increase in heart disease in their forties, while the female rise does not start until a decade later, after ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
201
Condition
New
Series
Ernst Schering Foundation Symposium Proceedings
Number of Pages
201
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783662027660
SKU
V9783662027660
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