TY - BOOK ID - 70156684 TI - Cardiovascular Risk Factors AU - Yuri Gasparyan, Armen AU - Gasparyan, Armen Yuri PY - 2012 SN - 9535168819 9535102400 PB - IntechOpen DB - UniCat KW - Cardiovascular system KW - Diseases KW - Risk factors. KW - Cardiovascular medicine UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:70156684 AB - Cardiovascular risk factors contribute to the development of cardiovascular disease from early life. It is thus crucial to implement preventive strategies addressing the burden of cardiovascular disease as early as possible. A multidisciplinary approach to the risk estimation and prevention of vascular events should be adopted at each level of health care, starting from the setting of perinatology. Recent decades have been marked with major advances in this field, with the emergence of a variety of new inflammatory and immune-mediated markers of heightened cardiovascular risk in particular. The current book reflects some of the emerging concepts in cardiovascular pathophysiology and the shifting paradigm of cardiovascular risk estimation. It comprehensively covers primary and secondary preventive measures targeted at different age and gender groups. Attention is paid to inflammatory and metabolic markers of vascular damage and to the assessment of vascular function by noninvasive standardized ultrasound techniques. This is a must-read book for all health professionals and researchers tackling the issue of cardiovascular burden at individual and community level. It can also serve as a didactic source for postgraduate medical students. ER -