Preventive cardiology insights into the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease

• Other Authors: Foody, JoAnne Micale (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, N.J. Humana Press 2006
• Edition: Second Edition
• Series: Contemporary cardiology (Totowa, N.J. : Unnumbered)
• Subjects: Coronary Artery Disease > prevention & control; Coronary Artery Disease > physiopathology; Coronary Artery Disease > therapy; Risk Factors > therapy
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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 provider...

Table of Contents:

• 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-Jiminez
• Inflammation and infection in coronary artery disease / Michael A. Lauer
• 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 ... [et al.]
• Women and coronary artery disease / JoAnne Micale Foody
• Subclinical atherosclerosis / Rahman Shah and JoAnne Micale Foody
• Exercise testing and risk assessment / Christopher R. Cole and Michael S. Lauer
• Aspirin and antiplatelets agents in the prevention of complications of coronary artery disease / Andrew I. MacKinnon, Scott A. Moore, and Steven R. Steinhubl
• Pharmacoeconomics of cardiovascular disease / Melanie Oates, William F. McGhan, and Ron Corey
• Innovative models for the delivery of preventative
• Cardiovascular care / Joseph P. Frolkis.