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Main description:
Preventive cardiology is a fast moving field that places emphasis on the prevention and treatment of coronary disease. Preventive Cardiology: Insights Into the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease, Second Edition is intended for clinical cardio- gists, internists, primary care providers, and allied health care professionals who wish to extend their knowledge and expertise in the rapidly expanding field of preventive car- ology. It is the mission of this book to provide clinicians with the understanding and tools necessary to implement prevention in their daily practices. Recent changes in the delivery of health care in the United States and abroad, in conjunction with new scientific evidence supporting the role of preventive strategies in the maintenance of cardiovascular health, have focused new attention and efforts on the field of cardiovascular disease prevention. The field of cardiology is thus making a gradual transition from the technology-driven, intervention-oriented perspective of the last several decades to a new, preventive, molecular-based perspective. As fresh evidence amasses that preventive measures produce a considerable decrease in the incidence of both primary and secondary cardiac events and mortality, there is growing, widespread acknowledgment that health care providers from all arenas must initiate preventive str- egies in the management and care of their patients.
Contents:
Part I. New Paradigms in the Pathophysiology of Coronary Artery Disease
The Unstable Plaque: Implications and Opportunities for Prevention
JoAnne Micale Foody and Steven E. Nissen
Endothelial Function and Insights for Prevention
Eric H. Lieberman, Margarita R. Garces, and Francisco Lopez-Jimenez
Inflammation and Infection in Coronary Artery Disease
Michael A. Lauer
Part II. Risk Factors and Their Management in Coronary Artery Disease
Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Coronary Artery Disease: Clinical Evidence and Clinical Implications
JoAnne Micale Foody
High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol, Triglycerides, and Coronary Artery Disease: Clinical Evidence and Clinical Implications
JoAnne Micale Foody
Management of Hypertension: Implications of JNC 7
Gregory M. Singer and John F. Setaro
Diabetes Mellitus, Hyperinsulinemia, and Coronary Artery Disease
Byron J. Hoogwerf
Exercise in the Prevention of Coronary Artery Disease
Gordon G. Blackburn
Obesity and Coronary Artery Disease: Implications and Interventions
Kristine Napier
Tobacco as a Cardiovascular Risk Factor
Robyn Bergman Buchsbaum and Jeffrey Craig Buchsbaum
The Implications of Mental Stress for Cardiovascular Disease
Brendon L. Graeber, Aaron Soufer, Matthew M. Burg, and Robert S. Soufer
Women and Coronary Artery Disease
JoAnne Micale Foody
Part III. Strategies for Prevention
Subclinical Atherosclerosis
Rahman Shah and JoAnne Micale Foody
Exercise Testing and Risk Assessment
Christopher R. Cole and Michael S. Lauer
Aspirin and Antiplatelet Agents in the Prevention of Complications of Coronary Artery Disease
Andrew I. MacKinnon, Scott A. Moore, and Steven R. Steinhubl
Pharmacoeconomics of Cardiovascular Medicine
Melanie Oates, William F. McGhan, and Ron Corey
Innovative Models for the Delivery of Preventative Cardiovascular Care
Joseph P. Frolkis
Index
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Publication date: July, 2006
Pages: 360
Weight: 862g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: Cardiovascular Medicine
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