Overview
- Written by leading experts in the field
- Discusses the impact of sex steroids on cardiovascular risks and mortality
- Useful for professionals involved in the treatment of menopausal and post-menopausal women
Part of the book series: ISGE Series (ISGE)
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About this book
It also explores the relationship between sex-steroid withdrawal and the development of brain symptoms such as hot flushes, sleep disorders, mood changes, depression and also cognitive disorders and dementia, as well as the effects of hormone menopause therapy on such symptoms and diseases.
Starting with obstetrical history and cardiovascular risk in later life, the second part of the book examines the effects of estrogens and progestogens on vascular tissues, atherosclerosis and coronary heart diseases, as well as the impact of hormone replacement therapies on cardiovascular risks and mortality.
This volume is a useful, clear and up-to-date tool for gynecologists, endocrinologists, neurologists and cardiologists, and serves as a valuable source of information for all physicians involved in women’s health.Editors and Affiliations
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sex Steroids' Effects on Brain, Heart and Vessels
Book Subtitle: Volume 6: Frontiers in Gynecological Endocrinology
Editors: Roberta Diaz Brinton, Andrea R. Genazzani, Tommaso Simoncini, John C. Stevenson
Series Title: ISGE Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11355-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-11354-4Published: 14 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-11355-1Published: 29 May 2019
Series ISSN: 2197-8735
Series E-ISSN: 2197-8743
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 294
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 52 illustrations in colour
Topics: Gynecology, Endocrinology, Cardiology, Neurology