Therapeutic Strategies in Cardiovascular Risk [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Graham Ian M
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Atlas Medical Publishing Ltd, 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (321 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Cardiovascular Diseases; Cardiovascular system -- Diseases; Cardiovascular system; Heart -- Diseases; Heart Diseases; Heart
• Altri autori: D'AgostinoRalph B
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Editors; Contributors; Introduction; 1: Cardiovascular epidemiology: background and principles of cardiovascular disease prevention; 2: From epidemiological risk to clinical practice by way of statistics - a personal view; 3: Endpoints, mortality and morbidity; 4: Genetics, family history and risk estimation in the young; 5: Management of cardiovascular risk in the older person; 6: Overweight, physical inactivity, insulin resistance, impaired glucose tolerance, diabetes, the metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular risk ; 7: Estimation of cardiovascular risk: close enough is not good enough8: New biomarkers of cardiovascular disease; 9: Risk in those with established disease; 10: Socioeconomic aspects of risk estimation; 11: Risk estimation systems in clinical use: SCORE, HeartScore and the Framingham system; 12: Epidemiological research and preventive cardiology: lessons from Framingham; 13: Electronic and interactive risk estimation; 14: Management of specific behavioural risk factors - exercise, obesity and smoking; 15: Management of specific risk factors - lipids ; 16: Management of specific risk factors - hypertension17: Heart rate as a risk factor; 18: Cardiovascular risk estimation and management - concluding remarks; Abbreviations; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The multi-factorial nature of cardiovascular disease has important implications for the planning of effective treatment strategies. Lifestyle factors such as diet, smoking history and exercise combine with endogenous predictors such as ethnicity and family history to give every individual a unique risk profile. To achieve a better outcome for the patient, we first need to understand how these factors work, singly and in combination, to cause or accelerate progression of disease. With this knowledge we can then develop more effective strategies for management that incorporate changes in lifesty
• Titolo autorizzato: Therapeutic Strategies in Cardiovascular Risk
• ISBN: 1-281-73296-6; 9786611732967; 1-84692-574-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996339117403316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Therapeutic Strategies