Metabolic Risk for Cardiovascular Disease (The AHA Clinical Series)

The strategic driving force behind the American Heart Association’s mission of reducing disability and death from cardiovascular diseases and stroke is to change practice by providing information and solutions to healthcare professionals. The pillars of this strategy are Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Processing, and Knowledge Transfer. The books in the AHA Clinical Series, of which Metabolic Risk for Cardiovascular Disease is included, focus on high-interest, cutting-edge topics in cardiovascular medicine. This book series is a critical tool that supports the AHA mission of promoting healthy behavior and improved care of patients. Cardiology is a rapidly changing field and practitioners need data to guide their clinical decision making. The AHA Clinical Series serves this need by providing the latest information on the physiology, diagnosis, and management of a broad spectrum of conditions encountered in daily practice.
This book outlines and addresses the metabolic factors and related diseases that contribute to CVD, including brief introductions to metabolic pathways including lipid and lipoprotein metabolism, macronutrient fuel partitioning, insulin action and body weight regulation. Mechanisms that relate to becoming obese, maintenance of the obese state, the dyslipidemias, and glucose intolerance/diabetes are also addressed, and the importance of interventions that reduce metabolic risk factors and CVD are covered.

Contents
1 Insulin action and beta-cell function: role in metabolic regulation
2 Lipid and lipoprotein metabolism, and risk for cardiovascular disease
3 Tobacco and risk for cardiovascular disease
4 Nutrition and risk for cardiovascular disease
5 Physical activity and cardiovascular health
6 The obesity epidemic and cardiovascular risk
7 Insulin resistance, the metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular risk
8 Diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular risk
9 Lipid management and cardiovascular risk reduction
10 Obesity management and cardiovascular risk reduction
11 Diabetes management and cardiovascular risk reduction
12 A healthy lifestyle and cardiovascular risk reduction
Index
Author Disclosure Table

Book Details

• Hardcover: 264 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 1 edition (2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1405181044
• ISBN-13: 978-1405181044
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches

List Price: $124.95