Manual of lipid disorders : reducing the risk for coronary heart disease /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Baltimore :
Williams & Wilkins,
[1999]
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Pt. 1. Fundamentals of lipid metabolism
- Plasma lipoproteins: structure, nomenclature, and occurrence
- Intracellular lipid synthesis and lipoprotein assembly
- Remodeling of lipoproteins in the plasma compartment
- Lipoprotein catabolism
- Pt. 2. Atherosclerosis
- Atherosclerosis: overview and histologic classification of lesions
- Evolution of lesions
- Atherosclerosis and myocardial infarction: a sea change in concept
- Mechanisms of atherosclerosis beyond low-density lipoprotein
- Other hypotheses, allograft coronary heart disease, and restenosis
- Lesion regression and stabilization
- Pt. 3. Risk control
- Observational epidemiology and risk factors
- Major lipid-lowering trials assessing clinical events
- National Cholesterol Education Program algorithm for risk control in adults
- Considerations in the clinical evaluation of dyslipidemia
- Pt. 4. Therapeutic interventions
- Dietary modification
- Other lifestyle changes and major modifiable risk factors
- Lipid-regulating drugs and low-density lipoprotein apheresis
- Pt. 5. Plasma lipid control and coronary heart disease risk considerations in population subsets
- Women
- The elderly and youths
- U.S. ethnic minorities
- Adults with diabetes mellitus and patients with concomitant dyslipidemia and hypertension
- Chart 1: Lipid conversions, with NCEP intial clinical action limits in adults
- Chart 2: Cutpoints in adult clinical practice guidelines.