Abstract
Susan Wilansky, MD, James T. Willerson, MD, eds. 672 pp. Illustrated. New York, NY: Churchill Livingstone, an imprint of Elsevier Science; 2002. $129.00. ISBN 0-443-07900-5 Heart Disease in Women by Susan Wilansky and James T. Willerson is a timely and important addition to the cardiovascular literature. As awareness of women’s health issues increases, and as results of clinical trials involving women become available, it is pertinent and important to collect and compile these data into one volume that organizes, unifies, and elucidates this up-to-the minute information. Although some aspects of cardiovascular disease are similar in women and men, it is becoming increasingly obvious that there are many differences as well. Many recent trials involving women have brought us unpredicted, and even surprising, results (eg, Heart and Estrogen/progestin Replacement Study [HERS], Women’s Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation [WISE], Women’s Health Initiative [WHI]). Drs Wilansky and Willerson note in their preface: Some …
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