Comprehensive lipid testing and management
Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in developed countries. Measurement of blood of lipids and lipoproteins has become one of the most frequently performed assays in clinical chemistry laboratories, reflecting their role in the aetiology of cardiovascular disease. Pock...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Springer Healthcare Ltd. : Imprint: Springer Healthcare,
2011.
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Edición: | 1st ed. 2011. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part one Lipid testing
- 1 Atherosclerosis and clinical atherosclerosis
- 2 From cholesterol to lipoproteins and apolipoproteins
- 3 Lipid testing
- 4 Lipid profiles
- 5 Lipid testing and prediction of coronary heart disease
- 6 Lipid risk factors in prediction of coronary heart disease - is any one factor best
- Part two Lipid management
- 7 Goals of lipid management
- 8 Cholesterol lowering and prevention of CHD
- 9 Cholesterol goals in current guidelines
- 10 Lipid management in clinical practice
- 11 Drugs for lipid management
- 12 Diabetic dyslipidaemia
- 13 LDL apheresis
- 14 Lipid modifying agents under development.