Cardiovascular Risk Factors

Armen Yuri Gasparyan

• Publisher: IntechOpen
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN:
  9789535102403
• eBook ISBN:
  9789535168812
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Cardiology

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.

Table of contents

• Cardiovascular Risk Factors
• Contents
• Preface
• Chapter 1 Cardiovascular Risk Investigation: When Should It Start?
• Chapter 2 Early Identification of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Adolescents and Follow-Up Intervention Strategies
• Chapter 3 Novel and Traditional Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Adolescents
• Chapter 4 Cardiovascular Risk Factors in the Elderly
• Chapter 5 Vascular Inflammation: A New Horizon in Cardiovascular Risk Assessment
• Chapter 6 Alterations in the Brainstem Preautonomic Circuitry May Contribute to Hypertension Associated with Metabolic Syndrome
• Chapter 7 Cardiometabolic Syndrome
• Chapter 8 Relationship Between Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Periodontal Disease: Current Knowledge
• Chapter 9 Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Diseases: A New Insight and Emerging Strategies
• Chapter 10 Non Invasive Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk Profile: The Role of the Ultrasound Markers
• Chapter 11 Endothelial Progenitor Cell Number: A Convergence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors
• Chapter 12 Nitric Oxide Signalling in Vascular Control and Cardiovascular Risk
• Chapter 13 An Anti-Inflammatory Approach in the Therapeutic Choices for the Prevention of Atherosclerotic Events
• Chapter 14 Gender-Specific Aspects in the Clinical Presentation of Cardiovascular Disease
• Chapter 15 The Role of Stress in a Pathogenesis of CHD
• Chapter 16 Pulse Pressure and Target Organ Damage
• Chapter 17 Low-Level Exposure to Lead as a Cardiovascular Risk Factor
• Chapter 18 Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Syndrome as a Systemic Low-Grade Inflammatory Disorder
• Chapter 19 New Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Physical Activity
• Chapter 20 Dietary Supplements and Cardiovascular Disease: What is the Evidence and What Should We Recommend?
• Chapter 21 Mediterranean Diet and Cardiovascular Risk