Lipid Metabolism and Health provides an overview and historical perspective of the evolution of serum lipids and lipoproteins.

Features:

• Presents the most current lipoprotein research as applied to lifestyle practices such as exercise, diet, pharmacology, and tobacco use
• Includes detailed information on CAD risk assessment
• Addresses special factors such as diabetes and metabolic disorders
• Discusses speculation regarding future developments and the further potential evolution of guidelines
• Explores lipid and lipoprotein metabolism, as well as the vascular biology of atherosclerosis
• Provides clinicians with valuable information regarding prevention and intervention strategies

Contents

• Lipids and Health: Past, Present, and Future
• Cardiovascular Risk Assessment
• Basic Lipidology
• Lipid and Lipoprotein Metabolism
• The Vascular Biology of Atherosclerosis
• Exercise Training and Endothelial Function in Patients at Risk for and with Documented Coronary Artery Disease
• Essential Laboratory Methods for Blood Lipid and Lipoprotein Analysis
• Metabolic Syndrome
• Obesity, Lipoproteins, and Exercise
• Pharmacological Treatments of Lipid Abnormalities
• New Insights on the Role of Lipids and Lipoproteins in Cardiovascular Disease
• Physical Activity, Exercise, Blood Lipids, and Lipoproteins
• Acute Changes in Lipids and Lipoprotein-Lipids Induced by Exercise
• Smoking, Heart Disease, and Lipoprotein Metabolism
• Lipid and Lipoprotein Concentrations in Americans: Ethnicity and Age

Index

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