Manual of Lipid Disorders: Reducing the Risk for Coronary Heart Disease

by Antonio M. Gotto Jr. and Henry J. Pownall

Book Overview

The newly revised Third Edition of this practical manual offers up-to-date clinical guidelines for evaluating and treating lipid disorders and reducing the risk for coronary heart disease. The book reviews recent advances in the understanding of lipid metabolism and atherogenesis, examines clinical trial results with lipid-regulating drugs, and discusses appropriate dietary and lifestyle modifications. This edition includes the 2001 National Cholesterol Education Program clinical guidelines for assessment and management of lipid disorders in adults. Close attention is given to plasma lipid control and coronary heart disease risk reduction in patients with diabetes mellitus, overweight/obese individuals, women, elderly patients, and younger patients.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 078173584X
• ISBN13: 9780781735841
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Lippincott Raven
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.3" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

An excellent book

Editor William Roberts, MD, of the American Journal of Cardiology writes in his "Good Books in Cardiovascular Disease Appearing in 1999" that the Manual of Lipid Disorders "is an excellent book. I use it frequently." Although the book is written for the physician reader, it may also be helpful for the educated layperson interested in knowing cutting-edge information about reducing risk for coronary heart disease. There is an extensive discussion of the concept of rupture-prone, or vulnerable, plaques featured in January 2000 on ABC's 20/20.