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This volume records the highlights of an international symposium, held in Monte Carlo in January 1994, during which scientists and clinicians discussed the various aspects of high blood pressure in older women. Emphasis was given to different approaches of antihypertension treatment.

Left ventricular hypertrophy represents one of the most common complications of the hypertensive state. Indeed, since the Framigham Heart Study, several epidemiological studies have provided clearcut evidence that cardiac hypertrophy represents an important and independent risk factor for the hypertensive patient. Since the introduction of quantitative ultrasound techniques to evaluate cardiac function and state, the research in the field of left ventricular hypertrophy has been par- ticularly active and fruitful, allowing us to gain new information on the pathophysiology of this condition...

Twenty-nine presentations from an international congress held in February 1997 on the topic of left ventricular hypertrophy as an important and independent risk factor in cases of hypertension. The first section deals with the structural aspects and mechanisms of LVH. Sections two and three cover th