Preventive Cardiology: Companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease

"This book provides a comprehensive account of the past, current, and future developments in the field of preventive cardiology, enriched with landmark clinical trials, contemporary guidelines, and widely accepted clinical practices.This well-written book focuses on understanding preventive cardiovascular disease on both a basic science and clinic level. It reflects current management guidelines and evidence-based clinical practices in the field of preventive cardiology, and will serve as comprehensive guide for clinicians." - Saima Karim, D.O.(Ochsner Clinic Foundation), Excerpts from Doody's Review Service, Rating - 4 Stars!

• Contents1. Preventive Cardiology: Past, Present and Future2. National and International Trends in Cardiovascular Disease: Incidence and Risk Factors3. Prediction of Cardiovascular Disease: Framingham Risk Estimation and Beyond4. Genetics of Cardiovascular Disease and Its Role in Risk Prediction5. Novel Biomarkers Assessing Cardiovascular Risk6. Advanced Risk Assessment in Patients with Kidney and Inflammatory Diseases7. Antiplatelet Therapy8. Molecular Biology and Genetics and Atherosclerosis9. Hypertension: JNC 7 and Beyond10. Heart Failure Prevention11. Antihypertensive Drugs and Their Cardio- and Renoprotective Roles in the Prevention and Management of Cardiovascular Disease12. Evaluation and Management of Dyslipidemia in Children and Adolescents13. The Role of HDL Cholesterol in the Development of Atherosclerotic CVD14. Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol: Role in Atherosclerosis and Approaches to Therapeutic Management15. The Contribution of Triglycerides and Triglyceride-Rich Lipoproteins to Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease16. Nutritional Approaches for CVD Prevention17. Integrative Medicine in the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease18. Effects of Alcohol on CVD Risk19. Overweight, Obesity, and Cardiovascular Risk20. Tobacco Use, Passive Smoking, and Cardiovascular Disease: Research and Smoking Cessation Interventions21. Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease22. Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Disease23. Role of Ethnicity in CVD - Lessons learned from MESA and other population based studies24. Prevention of Ischemic Heart Disease in Women25. Cardiovascular Aging the Next Frontier in Cardiovascular Prevention26. Concepts of Screening for Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Disease27. Role of Vascular CT in Evaluation and Prevention of CVD28. Use of Cardiac MRI and PET in Assessment of CVD Risk and Atherosclerosis Progression29. Exercise Treadmill Stress Testing with and without Imaging30. Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Measurement and Plaque Detection for Cardiovascular Disease Risk Prediction31. Peripheral Artery Disease Assessment and Management32. Endothelial Function and Dysfunction33. Exercise for Restoring Health and Preventing Vascular Disease FSGC34. Psychological Risk Factors and Coronary Artery Disease: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology and Management35. The Role of Treatment Adherence in Cardiac Risk Factor Modification36. Clinical Practice Guidelines and Performance Measures in the Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease