Practical Lipid Management: Concepts and Controversies

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 forms 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.Content: Chapter 1 Epidemiology of Lipids, Lipid Management and Risk for Coronary Heart Disease: An Overview (pages 1–17): Chapter 2 Vascular Biology and Atherogenesis (pages 19–30): Chapter 3 Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment Goals for Lipid Disorders in Adults (pages 31–49): Chapter 4 Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes in the Management of Lipid Disorders and the Metabolic Syndrome (pages 51–62): Chapter 5 Management of Elevated Low?Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (pages 63–104): Chapter 6 Management of Elevated Triglycerides and Non?High?Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (pages 105–125): Chapter 7 Management of Depressed High?Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (pages 127–153): Chapter 8 Lipid Management in Population Subsets: Women, the Elderly, Ethnic Minorities, Children, and Adolescents (pages 155–166): Chapter 9 Emerging Risk Factors and Biomarkers of Cardiovascular Disease (pages 167–190): Chapter 10 A Primer on Clinical Trials and Critical Review of Clinical Trial Reports for the Clinician (pages 191–208): Chapter 11 Case Studies (pages 209–225):