The Feminine Heart

by Peter Nilsson (Editor), S. Schmidt (Editor)

Despite several years of intensive research and an increasing awareness among physicians, women's risk for cardiovascular diseases is still underestimated. According to a recent US survey, both men and women view heart attack as a greater health risk for men than for women. But heart disease is still the number one killer of women over the age of 50 years in the western world.
The authors discuss all aspects of cardiovascular disease in women. A major question is what is special with the woman's heart, what are the gender specific differences to men?

62 pages, Hardcover

First published May 10, 1999