Publisher's Synopsis
In this book, genetics and ethnic background, family predisposition, sex, race and epidemiological factors in the assessment of cardiovascular risk are explained and related to cardiovascular problems. Detailed discussions of many extrinsic risk factors, including smoking, alcohol and drugs (including hormone replacement therapy and the contraceptive pill) are then given. The book also gives accounts of blood pressure and its management, and diabetes, as well as descriptions of target organ damage caused by coronary artery disease.
