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Atlas of Atherosclerosis

Risk Factors and Treatment

  • Each chapter illustrates an important facet of diagnosing and treating this common and often fatal disease
  • Over 500 high quality images in step with the latest developments in medicine
  • World-renowned authors from a variety of medical disciplines
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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Histopathology of Arteriosclerosis

    • Michael B. Gravanis
    Pages 1-19
  3. Endothelial Dysfunction and Atherothrombosis

    • Noyan Gokce, Joseph Loscalzo
    Pages 21-40
  4. Structure of the Plasma Lipoproteins

    • Jere P. Segrest, David W. Garber, G. M. Anantharamaiah
    Pages 51-66
  5. Triglyceride-Rich Lipoproteins

    • Ngoc-Anh Le, W. Virgil Brown
    Pages 67-90
  6. Low-Density Lipoproteins in Atherogenesis

    • Sampath Parthasarathy
    Pages 91-109
  7. High-Density Lipoprotein Metabolism

    • H. Bryan Brewer Jr.
    Pages 111-126
  8. Dietary Effects on Cardiovascular Risk Factors

    • Alan Chait, Michael E. Rosenfeld
    Pages 127-154
  9. Lipid-Lowering Drugs

    • Donald B. Hunninghake, Evan A. Stein
    Pages 155-177
  10. The Newer Coronary Risk Factors

    • Peter W. F. Wilson
    Pages 179-191
  11. Diabetes Mellitus and Vascular Disease Risk

    • Ira J. Goldberg, Clay F. Semenkovich, Henry N. Ginsberg
    Pages 193-212
  12. Cost-Effectiveness of Risk Factors

    • Harlan M. Krumholz, Lee Goldman
    Pages 237-250
  13. Back Matter

    Pages 251-269

Editors and Affiliations

  • Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA

    Peter W. F. Wilson

  • Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, USA

    Peter W. F. Wilson

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Atlas of Atherosclerosis

  • Book Subtitle: Risk Factors and Treatment

  • Editors: Peter W. F. Wilson

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9310-9

  • Publisher: Current Medicine Group London

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2000

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-9310-9Published: 29 June 2013

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: X, 269

  • Topics: Cardiology

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