Cardiovascular Risk Factors / edited by Armen Yuri Gasparyan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yuri Gasparyan, Armen, Editor.

Contributor:

Gasparyan, Armen Yuri, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cardiovascular system--Diseases--Risk factors.

Cardiovascular system.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 506 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

IntechOpen 2012

Rijeka : IntechOpen, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Cardiovascular risk factors contribute to the development of cardiovascular disease from early life. It is thus crucial to implement preventive strategies addressing the burden of cardiovascular disease as early as possible. A multidisciplinary approach to the risk estimation and prevention of vascular events should be adopted at each level of health care, starting from the setting of perinatology. Recent decades have been marked with major advances in this field, with the emergence of a variety of new inflammatory and immune-mediated markers of heightened cardiovascular risk in particular. The current book reflects some of the emerging concepts in cardiovascular pathophysiology and the shifting paradigm of cardiovascular risk estimation. It comprehensively covers primary and secondary preventive measures targeted at different age and gender groups. Attention is paid to inflammatory and metabolic markers of vascular damage and to the assessment of vascular function by noninvasive standardized ultrasound techniques. This is a must-read book for all health professionals and researchers tackling the issue of cardiovascular burden at individual and community level. It can also serve as a didactic source for postgraduate medical students.

Notes:

Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (InTech, viewed October 17, 2022).

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789535168812

9535168819