Preventive Cardiology
Blackwell Science Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 8. October 1991
Book
Paperback/Softback
264 pages
978-0-632-02746-0 (ISBN)
Description
Heart disease is the major cause of death in the western world. Current changes in healthcare funding and cost-cutting have resulted in a shift in emphasis from often highly expensive treatments to prevention in many areas of medicine. Heart disease is the major area in which prevention plays the key role and recent advances in understanding of the processes involved in the development of various forms of heart disease and the risk factors which predispose to it will enable this policy to succeed, in this area at least. Preventive Cardiology is clear and didactic in style, and is a sound source of advice and instruction for the non-specialist. Both editors are expert clinicians who run High Risk Clinics within the Glasgow Health Authority in which there is a particularly high incidence of coronary artery disease.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
31 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
619 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-632-02746-0 (9780632027460)
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Content
Changing trends in vascular disease: Coronary risk factors today; Coronary risk factors in the future: Genetics of lipoprotein metabolism; Hyperlipidaemia, its risks and treatment; The mechanism of action of anti-hypertensive drugs; Results of trials of anti-hypertensive therapy - a plan for action; Intervention in the community; The risk factor clinic; The role of the dietitian at the risk factor clinic; Radical therapy in refractory hyperlipidaemia; The role of physical exercise: Benefits and dangers; Risk factors for coronary heart disease in elderly people; Primary and secondary prevention in general practice.