Lipids and vascular disease : current issues /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Betteridge, John
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London : Martin Dunitz, 2000.
Subjects:	Lipids > blood. Cardiovascular Diseases > etiology. Cardiovascular Diseases > prevention & control. Blood Vessels > physiopathology.

Table of Contents:

Postprandial lipaemia / Bernhard Föger, Josef R. Patsch
HDL: are there any benefits in raising it? / Michael I. Mackness, Bharti Mackness
The PPAR system and regulation of lipoprotein metabolism / Bart Staels
Genetics: determinants of lipid and lipoprotein concentrations / Ole Faergeman
Lipoproteins in the brain: a new frontier? / Stefanie Koch, Ulrike Beisiegel
Familial hypercholesterolaemia / Joep C. Defesche
Fibrinogen: an independent coronary heart disease risk factor / Gordon D.O. Lowe
Elevated plasma homocysteine: a modifiable risk factor? / Raymond Meleady, Ian M. Graham
Chronic infection and coronary heart disease: potential for new therapies? / Sandeep Gupta, Juan Carlos Kaski
Lipids and non-coronary vascular disease / Anthony F. Winder
Implications of high lipid levels in the hypertensive patient / Brian Tomlinson
Lipids in heart transplant patients / Mahmud Barbir, Fawzi Lazem, Magdi Yacoub
Diabetes, lipids and coronary heart disease: what have we learnt from lipid-lowering trials? / George Steiner
Lowering cardiovascular risk by cholesterol reduction: evidence from observational studies and randomized trials / Malcolm Law
Women and coronary heart disease: lipid risk factors / Jacques E. Rossouw
An update on the statins / Jean Davignon, Robert Dufour
Is there still a place for the fibrates? / Patrick Duriez, Jean-Charles Fruchart
New guidelines for the prevention of coronary heart disease / David A. Wood.