Preventing cardiovascular disease in primary care / Clive Handler and Gerry Coghlan ; foreword by Marie-Anne Essam.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Handler, Clive E.

Contributor:

Coghlan, Gerry.

Handler, Clive E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cardiovascular system--Diseases--Prevention.

Cardiovascular system.

Primary care (Medicine).

Cardiovascular Diseases--prevention & control.

Primary Health Care.

Medical Subjects:

Cardiovascular Diseases--prevention & control.

Primary Health Care.

Physical Description:

xi, 197 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Radcliffe, [2008]

Summary:

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death and disability in the world. It is largely preventable, and can certainly be delayed by attention to established risk factors. Primary care is the natural and most appropriate location for cardiovascular prevention. This accessible and practical reference and everyday manual covers the organisation of prevention services, estimating risk and using guidelines, and examines each key area with extensive use of clinical case studies. It provides the information necessary to answer the concerns of patients on areas such as cholesterol, diet, exercise, alcohol, smoking and medication. General practitioners, practice nurses, physiotherapists, dieticians and pharmacists will find this book to be an essential aid to their daily work.

Contents:

1 Developments in cardiovascular disease prevention 1

2 Organisation of prevention services in primary care 11

3 Risk factors, risk estimation and use of guidelines 23

4 Hypertension 41

5 Lipid disorders and emerging risk factors for cardiovascular disease 77

6 Atherosclerosis imaging and screening 107

7 Obesity and diet 117

8 Smoking 145

9 Exercise and rehabilitation 157

10 Diabetes and the heart 173.

Notes:

Previous ed.: published as Cardiology in primary care. 2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Related Work:

Handler, Clive E. Cardiology in primary care.

ISBN:

9781846191459

1846191459

OCLC:

226975911