Practical Approach to Diagnosis & Management of Lipid Disorders

For more than 100 years, it has been established that dyslipidemia plays an important role in the development of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Considerable advances in risk prediction algorithms and lipid-based therapeutic strategies during the last three decades have had a profound impact on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. At the same time, there remains a substantial residual clinical risk despite the use of conventional approaches to risk prediction and use of lipid-modifying therapies. As a result, there is considerable hope that ongoing developments and discoveries will enable more effective reduction in cardiovascular risk.

Contents
Part A Regulation of Lipids and Their Role in Atherosclerosis
Chapter 1 Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis
Chapter 2 Metabolism of Lipids
Chapter 3 Genetic Lipid Abnormalities
Part B Clinical Approach to Evaluation of Patients with Lipid Disorders 
Chapter 4 Use of Lipids in Risk Assessment
Chapter 5 Evaluation of Secondary Causes of Dyslipidemia
Chapter 6 Emerging Risk Markers
Part C Therapeutic Approach to Lipid Disorders
Chapter 7 Approaches to Lipid Modification
Chapter 8 LDL Cholesterol
Chapter 9 HDL Cholesterol
Chapter 10 Triglycerides
Part D Management of Specific Patient Populations
Chapter 11 Diabetes Mellitus
Chapter 12 Chronic Kidney Disease
Chapter 13 Lipid Disorders in the Setting of HIV
Chapter 14 Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome
Chapter 15 Heart Failure and Transplantation
Part E Role of Imaging Modalities
Chapter 16 Imaging 
Index

Product Details

• Paperback: 150 pages
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers; 1 edition (October 21, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0763755842
• ISBN-13: 978-0763755843
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches 

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