Practical Lipid Management: Concepts and Controversies presents a user-friendly overview of lipid management and a concise summary of best practice according to various international guidelines.

Featuring a summary of the various international guidelines and highlights areas of consensus, the book provides balanced guidance on issues about which expert opinion is divided or rapidly evolving. It helps the busy clinician to focus on the key aspects of lipid management for the evaluation and treatment of lipid disorders.

Practical Lipid Management: Concepts and Controversies is an invaluable and useful tool for all primary care physicians and others involved in the management of dyslpidaemias and diseases such as diabetes and atherothrombosis.

Contents

1. Epidemiology of Lipids, Lipid Management and Risk for Coronary Heart Disease
2. Vascular Biology and Atherogenesis
3. Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment Goals for Lipid Disorders in Adults
4. Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes in the Management of Lipid Disorders and the Metabolic Syndrome
5. Management of Elevated Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol
6. Management of Elevated Triglycerides and Non-High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol
7. Management of Depressed High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol
8. Lipid Management in Population Subsets: Women, the Elderly, Ethnic Minorities, Children, and Adolescents
9. Emerging Risk Factors and Biomarkers of Cardiovascular Disease
10. A Primer on Clinical Trials and Critical Review of Clinical Trial Reports for the Clinician
11. Case Studies

Index

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