Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Disease EPUB

Trends indicate that the metabolic syndrome will become the leading risk factor for heart disease. Now more than ever you need an all-in-one reference that provides the tools and practical advice you need to:

• Identify at-risk patients
• Explain individual contributing factors
• Aid in patient education and motivation
• Direct comprehensive care and
• Choose the most appropriate interventions

Comprehensively revised to reflect leading-edge research and now organized to facilitate easy access to essential information and clinically-relevant guidance, Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Disease, 2e offers this and more. Not only will you receive a solid understanding of the pathophysiology underlying the metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease but also the rationale for today s most effective treatments.

What s new?

Filled with timely new content, this updated edition covers:

• New discoveries that have changed our understanding of the pathogenesis and interrelationship of metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease (CHD), and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM)
• The relevance of mitochondria and telomeres
• Sleep and its impact on cardiometabolic health
• The pivotal interplay between insulin and forkhead transcriptionfactors
• Calorie restriction research
• Bariatric surgery experiences and outcomes

In addition, each chapter includes essential information on comorbidities, interventions, and pharmacotherapeutic options an exclusive feature found only in the second edition!