Atherosclerosis Risk Factors
Publisher: AACC Press
Published: June 2004
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781594250040
Subjects: Cardiology; Health Risk Assessment; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Atherosclerosis; Pathophysiology; Risk factors
Table of contents: title: Why cardiovascular disease is epidemic -- Defining cardiovascular disease -- Treatment of atherosclerosis -- References -- Cardiovascular anatomy and physiology -- Blood vessels (vasculature) -- Lymphatic vessels : the body's secondary drainage system -- Endothelial cells -- Arteriosclerosis : diseases that thicken and harden the arterial wall -- Atherosclerosis : the most common form of arteriosclerosis -- In conclusion -- Additional reading -- Pathogenesis of atherosclerosis : intense research, unanswered questions -- Origin and progression of atherosclerosis -- Summary -- References -- “Risk factors” and descriptive epidemiological studies -- Analytical studies : determining causality of risk factors -- The connection between reducing cholesterol and reducing clinical atherosclerotic events -- Risk factor classification -- Refining the use of the term “risk factor”-- Summary -- References -- Inflammatory markers -- Infectious agents -- Summary -- References -- Homocysteine -- Triglycerides -- Low HDL-cholesterol -- Small, dense LDL -- Lipoprotein(a) -- Markers of fibrinolytic function -- References -- Conclusion -- Glossary.