Preventive Cardiology

1. Front Matter

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2. New Paradigms in the Pathophysiology of Coronary Artery Disease

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The Unstable Plaque

      • JoAnne Micale Foody, Steven E. Nissen

      Pages 3-17

   3. Endothelial Function and Insights for Prevention

      • Eric H. Lieberman, Margarita R. Garces, Francisco Lopez-Jimenez

      Pages 19-28

   4. Role of Antioxidants in Coronary Artery Disease

      • R. Preston Mason

      Pages 29-45

   5. Inflammation and Infection in Coronary Artery Disease

      • Michael A. Lauer

      Pages 47-64

3. Risk Factors and Their Management in Coronary Artery Disease

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65

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   2. Dyslipidemias and Coronary Artery Disease

      • JoAnne Micale Foody

      Pages 67-98

   3. Management of Hypertension

      • Donald G. Vidt

      Pages 99-116

   4. Diabetes Mellitus, Hyperinsulinemia, and Coronary Artery Disease

      • Byron J. Hoogwerf

      Pages 117-142

   5. Exercise in the Prevention of Coronary Artery Disease

      • Gordon G. Blackburn

      Pages 143-158

   6. Obesity and Coronary Artery Disease

      • Kristine Napier

      Pages 159-176

   7. Tobacco as a Cardiovascular Risk Factor

      • Robyn Bergman Buchsbaum, Jeffrey Craig Buchsbaum

      Pages 177-191

   8. Women and Coronary Artery Disease

      • JoAnne Micale Foody, Cynthia Pordon

      Pages 193-219

   9. A Recognized Risk Factor

      • Simone Nader, Killian Robinson

      Pages 221-231

4. Strategies for Prevention

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 233-233

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   2. Pharmacologic Agents in Preventive Cardiology

      • Michael A. Militello, Teresa H. Seo

      Pages 235-256

   3. Aspirin and Antiplatelet Agents in the Prevention of Complications of Coronary Artery Disease

      • Scott A. Moore, Steven R. Steinhubl

      Pages 257-281

   4. Exercise Testing and Risk Assessment

      • Christopher R. Cole, Michael S. Lauer

      Pages 283-301

   5. Electron Beam Tomography in the Prevention of Coronary Artery Disease

      • Arthur Agatston

      Pages 303-324

Leading clinicians and researchers concisely review the significant risk factors, including dyslipidemias, hypertension, diabetes, lack of exercise, obesity, tobacco, and homocysteine, and outline the best preventive strategies available. They also offer an overview of the new paradigms in coronary artery disease pathophysiology, including the nature of the unstable atherosclerotic plaque, new strategies for the modification of plaque constituents, the importance of the endothelium in the maintenance of cardiovascular health, and the emerging roles of oxidative stress, infection, and inflammation. Comprehensive and pathbreaking, Preventive Cardiology: Strategies for the Prevention and Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease provides physicians with the understanding and tools necessary to bring the practice of preventive cardiology to their patients.

• cardiology
• cardiovascular
• coronary artery disease
• coronary heart disease
• heart disease
• hypertension
• physiology
• platelet
• vascular disease

"Each chapter quotes the major studies carried out in this field and clearly illustrates the results achieved, using tables, figures, and, noteworthy, complete references. ... Equally exact and evidence-based is the analysis of the pharmacological management of cardiovascular diseases; this entirely original chapter compares the pharmaeconomics of cardiovascular medicine against that of an intervention-based management, and underlines the effectiveness of a multidisciplinary model for risk factor prevention and control. ... The editorial form is clear, the contents and index complete..." - Nutrition, Metabolism, and Cardiovascular Disease

"Dr. Foody authored or coauthored three of the eighteen chapters, and has sufficiently edited the other chapters to insure a continuity of presentation and a minimum of duplication....The pathophysiology chapters on plaque instability and endothelial function and the clinical chapters on women and coronary artery disease and on exercise testing and risk assessment are clear, informative, and presented in a format that is interesting and clinically valuable." - Preventive Cardiology

"Preventive Cardiology: Strategies for the Prevention and Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease is a well edited, informative, and up-to-date treatment of issues of importance and clinical relevance. The selection of topics and authors, and the editing of the chapters, have resulted in an interesting and useful book. Dr. JoAnne Micale Foody is to be congratulated, and her book added to the short list of valuable texts for clinicians on preventive cardiology." -Preventive Cardiology

• Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA

  JoAnne Micale Foody

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