Manual of lipid disorders : reducing the risk for coronary heart disease /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gotto, Antonio M.
Other Authors: Pownall, Henry J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Williams & Wilkins, [1999]
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
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.