Neil R. Poulter

Clinical Manual of Total Cardiovascular Risk (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Western industrialized countries. The management of non-fatal stroke and heart attack consumes a major proportion of current healthcare budgets and has a huge detrimental impact on quality of life for both patients and their relatives. The multifactorial nature of CVD and the interactions between risk factors mean that it is difficult for clinicians to make an intuitive assessment of an individual's future risk of disease. This has led to the production of a number of guidelines on the prevention of CVD, all of which recommend risk assessment tools to guide primary prevention strategies.

In a practical, easy to digest format, Clinical Management of Total Cardiovascular Risk presents the key data on all aspects of managing cardiovascular disease. Stressing the importance of identifying the patient at risk, Neil Poulter incorporates review of the current guidelines and outlines the options available when diagnosing, managing and treating these patients. Using algorithms to highlight key management decisions, this practical reference will be useful to all in the management of cardiovascular disease from primary care practitioners and physicians in the fields of prevention and rehabilitation to Residents in Internal Medicine and Cardiology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer London
• Seitenzahl: 88
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781848002531
• Artikelnr.: 37355988

Autorenporträt

Professor Neil Poulter is Professor of Preventative Cardiovascular Medicine and co-Director of the International Center for Circulatory Health, Imperial College London, UK. He is a co-author of the 2003 European Society of Hypertension-European Society of Cardiology guidelines for the management of arterial hyptertension among other papers and guidelines documents.

Inhaltsangabe

Principles of Total Risk Management.- Identifying the patient at risk.- Strategies for cardiovascular risk management.- Current treatment targets.- The doctor-patient relationship.- Cardiovascular disease prevention: prospects for the future?.

Rezensionen

From the reviews:

"This ... book is a to-the-point summary of everything one must understand about cardiovascular risk. ... This is an extraordinary book that primary care practitioners can easily use to modify the cardiovascular risks of their patients ... . The references are complete and current. This small book is a must for every practitioner who treats cardiovascular disease patients." (Vincent F Carr, Doody's Review Service, March, 2009)