Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Cardiometabolic Diseases
Prevention and Management in Clinical Practice
Editors: Kokkinos, Peter, Narayan, Puneet (Eds.)
Free Preview- Examines the role of cardiorespiratory fitness in the prevention and management of cardiometabolic diseases
- Highlights the independent and integrated role of metabolic disorders in cardiovascular disease
- Discusses structural and functional adaptations that occur with increased fitness
- Covers a wide variety of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases
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- About this book
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This book examines the links between physical activity (PA), cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), and cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. It presents an overview of the role of PA and CRF in the prevention and management of risk factors associated with cardiometabolic diseases such as hypertension, peripheral vascular disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, dyslipidemia, obesity, and atherosclerosis. In addition, it explores how these risks vary with different populations such as the elderly and people of various racial backgrounds. The book also highlights risks associated with exercise and presents a prescription for appropriate and efficacious exercise to minimize risk and maximize health benefits for the heart. Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Prevention and Management of Cardiometabolic Disease is an essential resource for physicians, exercise physiologists, medical students, residents, fellows, nurses, and researchers in cardiology, cardiorespiratory fitness, exercise science, health promotion and disease prevention, public health, and epidemiology.
- About the authors
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Peter Kokkinos PhD, FAHA, FACSM
Professor,
Georgetown University School of Medicine
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Director,
Cardiometabolic Health Research Unit
Veterans Affairs Medical Center
50 Irving Street, NW
Washington, DC, 20422
USA
Puneet Narayan, MD, FACP, FAHA, FASHDirector, Clinical Research Institute of Northern Virginia
Burke, VA
- Table of contents (25 chapters)
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Physical Activity, Cardiorespiratory Fitness, and Health: A Historical Perspective
Pages 1-9
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Exercise, Gene Regulation, and Cardiometabolic Disease
Pages 11-22
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Exercise and the Mitochondria
Pages 23-48
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Effect of Exercise on Adult Stem Cells
Pages 49-56
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Exercise Metabolism in Health and Disease
Pages 57-96
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Table of contents (25 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Cardiometabolic Diseases
- Book Subtitle
- Prevention and Management in Clinical Practice
- Editors
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- Peter Kokkinos
- Puneet Narayan
- Copyright
- 2019
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-04816-7
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-04816-7
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-04815-0
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIII, 443
- Number of Illustrations
- 31 b/w illustrations, 25 illustrations in colour
- Topics