Mancini / Ordovas / Riccardi Nutritional and Metabolic Bases of Cardiovascular Disease

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-4443-1846-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 488 Seiten, E-Book

Extraordinary advances in the understanding of the links betweennutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular disease have prompted asystematic reappraisal of knowledge in the field. As a result, itis now imperative that clinicians who care for patients with CVD orits key risk factors have a solid understanding of the oftencomplex interrelationships between cardiovascular health andchronic diseases such as diabetes and obesity.
Written by a team of international thought leaders incardiology, endocrinology, diabetology and nutritional science,this important new book:
* Examines and updates the role of obesity, hyperlipidemia,diabetes, hypertension, thrombosis, and aging in atherogenesis
* Describes in detail the scientific and clinical evidence of theetiopathogenesis of ischemic heart disease as well as of peripheraland cerebrovascular disease
* Focuses on the 6 topics that will be of greatest interest toreaders: 1) general nutrition, 2) metabolic syndrome and diabetes,3) hyperlipidemia and atherosclerosis, 4) hypertension andcerebrovascular disease, 5) hemostasis and thrombosis, 6)aging
Throughout the book, in clear and accessible text, contributorsilluminate the close relationship between dietary habits, themetabolic processes of nutrients, and their impact on thecardiovascular system, always with an eye on how the physician canuse this information to implement better cardiovascular preventionand improve patient care. Nutritional and Metabolic Basesof Cardiovascular Disease is ideal for those who need to updatetheir knowledge of the links between nutrition, metabolism and CVD,from trainees, clinicians and clinical investigators incardiovascular medicine to endocrinologists, diabetologists, andnutritionists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mancini, Mario

Ordovas, Jose M.

Riccardi, Gabrielle

Rubba, Paolo

Strazzullo, Pasquale

Über Autor(innen)

Mario Mancini, MD, Emeritus Professor of Medicine,Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Federico IIUniversity Medical School, Naples, Italy
José M. Ordovas, PhD, Senior Scientist andDirector, Nutrition and Genomics Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA HNRCAat Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA
Gabriele Riccardi, MD, Professor of Endocrine andMetabolic Disease, Department of Clinical and ExperimentalMedicine, Federico II University Medical School, Naples, Italy
Paolo Rubba, MD, Professor of Medicine, Department ofClinical and Experimental Medicine, Federico II University MedicalSchool, Naples, Italy
Pasquale Strazzullo, MD, Professor of Medicine,Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Federico IIUniversity Medical School, Naples, Italy