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The Year in Lipid Disorders.
Lipid disorders are among the primary risk factors in developing atherosclerosis and heart disease. Providing an up-to-date insight into the latest research into lipid disorders, and the implications of this research for daily clinical practice, this collection includes an overview of the latest dev...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Clinical Pub.,
2010.
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| Colección: | Year in Lipid Disorders.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents; Editors; Contributors; Part 1: Clinical aspects ofatherosclerotic disease; Chapter 1: Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9): molecular function and impact of its mutations and polymorphisms on cholesterol levels and related diseases; Chapter 2: Metabolic syndrome, diabetes and cardiovascular risk; Chapter 3: Diet and exercise in the prevention and treatment of diabetes and coronary heart disease; Chapter 4: Imaging developments in vascular disease; Part II: Lipids, lipoproteins and atherosclerosis.
- Chapter 5: Ezetimibe: mechanism of action update and recent controversiesChapter 6: Oxidative stress, lipoprotein oxidation and atherosclerosis; Chapter 7: Updating the metabolism of apolipoprotein B-100- containing lipoproteins in dyslipidaemia; Chapter 8: Triglycerides and atherosclerosis; Part III: Prevention and treatment strategies; Chapter 9: JUPITER: the crossroads between statin therapy, inflammation and cardiovascular risk reduction; Chapter 10: New clinical trials of lipid regulatingagents; Chapter 11: Statin myopathy.
- Chapter 12: Nuclear receptors (PPARs, LXRs and TRs) and their role in regulating lipid metabolismPart IV: Infection, inflammation and secondary causes of atherosclerosis; Chapter 13: Inflammation, inflammatory disease and coronary atherosclerosis; Chapter 14: Mechanisms of insulin resistance; Chapter 15: Haemostasis-dyslipidaemia interactions in coronary heart disease; Acronyms/abbreviations; Index of papers reviewed; General index.