Multiple Risk Factors in Cardiovascular Disease

Atherosclerotic dieases, which occupy the major part of cardiovascular diseases, are based on the combination of many risk factors. It is important from the practical point of view, in prevention and treatment of atherosclerosis, to understand the nature and weight of such factors in individual cases and to manage properly nutrition, diathesis and underlying diseases. Based on the findings discussed at the International Symposium on Multiple Risk Factors in Cardiovascular Disease, this book contains information on recent research developments in this field and on the strategy for the intervention of risk factors.