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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780779403321

Titolo

Atherothrombosis and coronary artery disease / / editors, Valentin Fuster, Eric J. Topol, Elizabeth G. Nabel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, PA : , : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, , [2005]

©2005

ISBN

1-4698-7644-2

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1676 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FusterValentin

TopolEric J. <1954->

NabelElizabeth G

Disciplina

616.1/36

Soggetti

Atherosclerosis

Coronary heart disease

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Rev. ed. of: Atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease / editors, Valentin Fuster, Russell Ross, Eric J. Topol. c1996.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Atherothrombosis and Coronary Artery Disease""; ""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""PREFACE""; ""Introduction""; ""A Historical Perspective on Atherosclerosis and Coronary Artery Disease""; ""Prevalence, Incidence, and Mortality of Coronary Heart Disease""; ""PART I Major Risk Factors and Primary Prevention""; ""Overview""; ""Lipid Abnormalities""; ""Nutrition, Lipid Disorders, and the Metabolic Syndrome""; ""Genetic Dyslipoproteinemias""; ""Structure and Function of the Plasma Lipoproteins and Their Receptors""; ""Plasma High-Density Lipoproteins and Atherogenesis""

""Lipoprotein Oxidation, Arterial Inflammation, and Atherogenesis""""Lipoprotein(a)""; ""Clinical Classifications of Lipid Abnormalities""; ""Management and Adult Treatment Panel III Guidelines""; ""Impact of Management on Stabilization of Plaque and Reduction of Cardiovascular Events""; ""Hypertension, Cigarette Smoking, Diabetes, Obesity, and Others""; ""Hypertension Genetics and Mechanisms""; ""Role of Angiotensin in the Pathobiology of Cardiovascular Disease""; ""Clinical Classifications of Hypertensive Diseases""; ""Management of Hypertension""; ""Hypertensive Heart Disease""



""Smoking and Atherothrombosis""""Diabetes, Obesity, and the Metabolic Syndrome""; ""Estrogen and Atherothrombosis""; ""Vitamins in Coronary Artery Disease""; ""II Pathogenesis of Atherothrombosis""; ""General Principles""; ""Developmental Biology of the Vasculature""; ""Molecular Basis of Vasculogenesis, Angiogenesis, and Arteriogenesis""; ""Embryogenesis of the Vascular System""; ""Mouse Models of Lipoprotein Disorders and Atherosclerosis""; ""Genetics of Atherothrombotic Disease""; ""The Normal Artery""; ""Vascular Endothelium""

""Role of Alterations in the Differentiated State of the Smooth Muscle Cell in Atherothrombogenesis""""The Vascular Extracellular Matrix""; ""The Lesions of Atherothrombosis""; ""Histologic Classification of Human Atherosclerotic Lesions""; ""Pathogenesis of Atherothrombosis""; ""Atherothrombosis in Youth""; ""Coronary Thrombosis - Local and Systemic Factors""; ""Special Pathogenetic Factors""; ""Leukocytes, Adhesion Molecules, and Chemokines in Atherothrombosis""; ""The Role of Macrophages""; ""The Role of Lymphocyte""; ""Viral Activation and Causation of Atherothrombosis and Thrombosis""

""Cytokines and Growth Regulatory Molecules""""The Role of Rheology in Atherothrombotic Coronary Artery Disease""; ""Interaction of Platelet Activation and Coagulation""; ""Interaction of Platelet Activation and Thrombosis""; ""Coronary Spasm and Atherothrombosis""; ""Transplant Arteriosclerosis""; ""Vascular Grafts and Their Sequelae""; ""Genomics and Gene Transfer""; ""Nonatherothrombotic Coronary Artery Disease""; ""The Microcirculation in Atherothrombotic Coronary Artery Disease""; ""III Markers and Evolving Imaging of Atherothrombotic Disease""; ""Inflammatory Markers""

""Evolving Invasive and Noninvasive Imaging Techniques in Atherothrombotic Disease""