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Atherosclerosis, Hypertension and Diabetes
. Ed(S): Pierce, Grant N.; Nagano, Makoto; Zahradka, Peter; Dhalla, Naranjan S.
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Hardback. Deals with atherosclerosis, hypertension, and diabetes. This title discusses nutritional intervention, cholesterol lowering agents, lipids themselves, protein modification by ADP-ribose, bone marrow study, endothelial cell dysfunction, angiotensin, and the role of infection and inflammation in the context of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Editor(s): Pierce, Grant N.; Nagano, Makoto; Zahradka, Peter; Dhalla, Naranjan S. Series: Progress in Experimental Cardiology. Num Pages: 492 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1990.
Thistext, as the tide states, is acompilationofpapersdevoted to the studyofath- erosclerosis,hypertensionanddiabetes.Thesethree distinctdisease entities,although not entirely unrelated, are three ofthe most important disease conditions in the world today.As such, this volumeofresearch papers isofobvious medical impor- tance.Thejustificationofthe energy,time and financial resources directed towards the studyofeachofthese three diseases requiressome discussion. The majority of papers amongst the three diseases that are discussed in this volume are dedicated to the studyofatherosclerosis.This is not by accident.Car- diovasculardisease isthenumberonekillertodayintheworld. IntheUnitedStates almost61 millionAmericanshaveoneormoreformsofcardiovasculardisease.These diseases claimed nearly 1million lives in 1998 alone.Although approximately 80% ofthosewho dieofcardiovasculardisease are 65 yearsofageorolder,asignificant numberofpeople are killed by cardiovascular disease below the ageof65.Ather- osclerotic ... Read more
Thistext, as the tide states, is acompilationofpapersdevoted to the studyofath- erosclerosis,hypertensionanddiabetes.Thesethree distinctdisease entities,although not entirely unrelated, are three ofthe most important disease conditions in the world today.As such, this volumeofresearch papers isofobvious medical impor- tance.Thejustificationofthe energy,time and financial resources directed towards the studyofeachofthese three diseases requiressome discussion. The majority of papers amongst the three diseases that are discussed in this volume are dedicated to the studyofatherosclerosis.This is not by accident.Car- diovasculardisease isthenumberonekillertodayintheworld. IntheUnitedStates almost61 millionAmericanshaveoneormoreformsofcardiovasculardisease.These diseases claimed nearly 1million lives in 1998 alone.Although approximately 80% ofthosewho dieofcardiovasculardisease are 65 yearsofageorolder,asignificant numberofpeople are killed by cardiovascular disease below the ageof65.Ather- osclerotic ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
492
Condition
New
Series
Progress in Experimental Cardiology
Number of Pages
492
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402073113
SKU
V9781402073113
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