Preventive cardiology : insights into the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease /

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Edition:2nd ed.
Imprint:Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, c2006.
Description:1 online resource (x, 346 p.) : ill.
Language:English
Series:Contemporary cardiology
Contemporary cardiology (Totowa, N.J. : Unnumbered)
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8877633
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Other authors / contributors:Foody, JoAnne Micale.
ISBN:1588295214 (alk. paper)
1597450960 (e-ISBN)
9781597450966 (e-ISBN)
9781588295217
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other form:Print version: Preventive cardiology. 2nd ed. Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, c2006 1588295214 9781588295217
Standard no.:9786610832170
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Contributors
  • Part I. New Paradigms In The Pathophysiology Of Coronary Artery Disease
  • 1. The Unstable Plaque: Implications and Opportunities for Prevention
  • 2. Endothelial Function and Insights for Prevention
  • 3. Inflammation and Infection in Coronary Artery Disease
  • Part II. Risk Factors And Their Management In Coronary Artery Disease
  • 4. Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Coronary Artery Disease: Clinical Evidence and Clinical Implications
  • 5. High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol, Triglycerides, and Coronary Artery Disease: Clinical Evidence and Clinical Implications
  • 6. Management of Hypertension: Implications of JNC 7
  • 7. Diabetes Mellitus, Hyperinsulinemia, and Coronary Artery Disease
  • 8. Exercise in the Prevention of Coronary Artery Disease
  • 9. Obesity and Coronary Artery Disease: Implications and Interventions
  • 10. Tobacco as a Cardiovascular Risk Factor
  • 11. The Implications of Mental Stress for Cardiovascular Disease
  • 12. Women and Coronary Artery Disease
  • Part III. strategies For Prevention
  • 13. Subclinical Atherosclerosis
  • 14. Exercise Testing and Risk Assessment
  • 15. Aspirin and Antiplatelet Agents in the Prevention of Complications of Coronary Artery Disease
  • 16. Pharmacoeconomics of Cardiovascular Medicine
  • 17. Innovative Models for the Delivery of Preventive Cardiovascular Care
  • Index