With the gradual transition from the technology-driven, intervention-oriented perspective of the last decade to a new, preventive, molecular-based perspective, Joanne Foody, MD, has amassed new preventive measures for use in everyday practices in this new edition of Preventive Cardiology. This new edition provides practical information for the management of patients at risk for cardiovascular disease and also offers an overview of the new paradigms in the pathophysiology of coronary artery disease (CAD). Divided into three parts, Part I focuses on the atherosclerotic process, the important central role of the endothelium in the maintenance of cardiovascular health, and the role of inflammation in CAD. Part II provides insights into gender-specific aspects of CAD risk and concentrates on traditional cardiovascular risk factors. Part III provides an overview of approaches for the identification of patients at risk for CAD events and reviews of stress testing in patients with CAD and the important role of antiplatelets in coronary disease. Preventive Cardiology: Insights Into the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease, Second Edition provides an overview of the exciting opportunities to prevent the progression, and in some instances to regress the process, of coronary atherosclerosis and incorporate these strategies into the daily practice of clinical medicine. This valuable new edition provides clinical cardiologists, internists, primary care providers, and allied health care professionals with the tools and understanding necessary for their practice in preventive cardiology.
Author(s): Jo Anne Micale Foody
Series: Contemporary Cardiology
Edition: 2nd
Publisher: Humana Press
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 345
a.pdf......Page 1
front-matter.pdf......Page 2
Part I.pdf......Page 11
1.01 The Unstable Plaque.pdf......Page 12
1.02 Endothelial Function and Insights for Prevention.pdf......Page 27
1.03 Inflammation and Infection in Coronary Artery Disease.pdf......Page 37
Part II.pdf......Page 54
2.04 Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Coronary Artery Disease.pdf......Page 55
2.05 High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol, Triglycerides, and Coronary Artery Disease.pdf......Page 87
2.06 Management of Hypertension.pdf......Page 99
2.07 Diabetes Mellitus, Hyperinsulinemia, and Coronary Artery Disease.pdf......Page 119
2.08 Exercise in the Prevention of Coronary Artery Disease.pdf......Page 150
2.09 Obesity and Coronary Artery Disease.pdf......Page 166
2.10 Tobacco as a Cardiovascular Risk Factor.pdf......Page 184
2.11 The Implications of Mental Stress for Cardiovascular Disease.pdf......Page 201
2.12 Women and Coronary Artery Disease.pdf......Page 220
Part III.pdf......Page 239
3.13 Subclinical Atherosclerosis.pdf......Page 240
3.14 Exercise Testing and Risk Assessment.pdf......Page 266
3.15 Aspirin and Antiplatelet Agents in the Prevention of Complications of Coronary Artery Disease.pdf......Page 285
3.16 Pharmacoeconomics of Cardiovascular Medicine.pdf......Page 308
3.17 Innovative Models for the Delivery Preventive Cardiovascular Care.pdf......Page 324
back-matter.pdf......Page 338
