Table of Contents
1 Global cardiovascular risk evaluation 1
2 Global trends in cardiovascular disease 22
3 Noninvasive ultrasonographic assessment of cardiovascular disease 43
4 Surrogate measures of atherosclerosis 57
5 Tobacco use, passive smoking, and smoking cessation 71
6 Family history and genetic factors 92
7 Hypertension 149
8 Dyslipidemia 183
9 Diabetes and the metabolic syndrome 212
10 Obesity and weight control 233
11 Nutrition 256
12 Physical activity 296
13 Thrombosis, inflammation, and infection 321
14 Psychosocial factors 338
15 Children and adolescents 357
16 Women 384
17 Seniors 399
18 African-Americans 415
19 Hispanic Americans 441
20 East Asians, South Asians, and Asian and Pacific-Islander Americans 456
21 Native Americans 473
22 Primary prevention 493
23 Secondary prevention 515
24 Naturoceuticals and other complementary therapies 543
25 Establishing a preventive cardiology program 558
26 Implementing preventive cardiology guidelines 583
INTRODUCTION
All the information that practitioners need to know in order to
identify and prevent cardiovascular disease. Includes important
epidemiology related to cardiovascular risk factor management as well
as clinical and lifestyle recommendations and chapters related to
specific ethnic populations. Every chapter has been thoroughly
revised, reflecting the recent 'explosion' of new information related
to prevention and diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases.
DESCRIPTION-
PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY is the premier source of clinically relevant
information on the prevention of coronary heart disease. Thoroughly
updated by international experts, the book discusses screening, risk
factors, prevention in special populations, and primary and secondary
prevention in the context of the daily practice of medicine.
PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY is a "must have" for cardiologists and primary
care physicians.
