Main description:

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States and around the world. Major risk factors for CVD result from poor lifestyle habits and practices, but the area of lifestyle medicine has emerged to help clinicians and their patients understand the power of positive lifestyle habits and actions.

Written by cardiologist and lifestyle medicine pioneer, Dr. James Rippe, Integrating Lifestyle Medicine in Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention introduces the principles of lifestyle medicine with the practice of cardiology to help lower the risk of heart disease and, if already present, assist in its treatment. This book provides evidence-based information on both the prevention and treatment of CVD through lifestyle measures such as regular physical activity, sound nutrition, weight management and avoidance of tobacco products. This information aids physicians and patients to better understand multiple linkages between poor habits and practices, employing them with associated behavioral techniques to lessen the likelihood of developing CVD.

Features:

Summarizes major issues in CVD including heart attack, stroke, atrial fibrillation, high blood pressure, lipid abnormalities and obesity.

Provides protocols for overcoming a sedentary lifestyle and using lifestyle medicine techniques to optimize brain health.

Empowers clinicians with vital information for consultations on the power of lifestyle medicine practices, both to treat symptoms if already present or to prevent major components of CVD from developing in the future.

Written for practitioners at all levels, this user-friendly volume in the Lifestyle Medicine series is valuable to practitioners in general medicine or subspecialty practices including lifestyle medicine and cardiology.

Contents:

Part 1: Lifestyle Medicine as an Approach to Cardiovascular Disease 1 Overview of Lifestyle Medicine and Cardiovascular Health and Disease 2 Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease 3 Lifestyle Medicine Focused History and Physical Exam for Cardiovascular Disease 4 Lifestyle Medicine, Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Disease 5 Lifestyle Medicine, Nutrition and Cardiovascular Disease 6 Lifestyle Medicine, Weight Management and Obesity 7 Lifestyle Medicine, Tobacco Cessation and Cardiovascular Disease 8 Psychiatric and Behavioral Aspects of Cardiovascular Disease 9 Sleep and Cardiovascular Disease Part 2: Assessment in Treating Cardiovascular Risk Factors 10 Framework for Assessing Risk Factors 11 Lifestyle Medicine and Atherosclerosis 12 Lifestyle Strategies for Managing Dyslipidemias 13 Lifestyle Management and Prevention of Hypertension 14 Peripheral Artery Disease 15 Ischemic Heart Disease 16 Approach to the Patient with Chest Pain 17 Carotid Artery Disease and Stoke 18 Diabetes, Pre-Diabetes, MetS and Cardiovascular Disease 19 Sedentary Behavior in Cardiovascular Disease 20 Cardiovascular Disease and Optimal Brain Health Part 3: Specialized Topics 21 Women and Cardiovascular Disease 22 Risk Factor Reduction in Children 23 Genetics, Epigenetics and Precision Medicine 24 Reversing Heart Disease 25 The Future of Lifestyle Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease: Research and Applications