Atherosclerosis Disease Management

This volume is an honest effort to provide a clinically relevant approach to the management plan in patients presenting with peripheral vascular symptoms. This book serves as a reference for basic and advanced peripheral vascular care.

Vascular diseases constitute the most common causes of disability and death in Western society. Atherosclerosis, throm- bosis, hypertension, and their clinical sequelae, including myocardial infarction, disabling claudication, limb loss, and stroke, occur far too frequently. Indeed, vascular pathology in one form or another is responsible for over one hundred billion dollars of costs annually in the United States for medical expenses and lost productivity.

This book includes chapters on lipids, on hypercholesterolemia in children, and on the treatment of dyslipidemia. This book should be read by all health care professionals taking care of patients, including pediatricians since atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease begins in childhood.

In this book, authors assembled a group of world-renowned scholars in their field to address major areas in lipoprotein disorders that are imminently relevant to clinicians and other healthcare providers. Areas discussed include an overview of lipid metabolism, a complex topic, presented in a simplified and rational way; also highlight recent developments in the field including dyslipidemias characterized by nontraditional lipid biomarkers.