This second edition provides an updated review on the current guidelines and practice standards for the clinical management of cardiovascular risk factors and prevention of cardiovascular diseases. Endorsed by the American Society for Preventive Cardiology, this practical textbook includes concise descriptions of major and newer risk factors, biomarkers, and best practices in the management and prevention of cardiovascular disease. The manual contains chapters on the epidemiology and risk factors for a variety of cardiovascular diseases including dyslipidemia, hypertension, diabetes, inflammation, and ischemic stroke. It examines behavioral factors, psychosocial stress, family history, nutrition, physical activity, smoking, alcohol use, and other sociocultural factors. In addition, the book discusses new imaging strategies in detection of cardiovascular disease, prevention of heart failure, atrial fibrillation, and peripheral arterial disease, and prevention for special populations. Throughout the manual, recommendations are based on guidelines endorsed by the American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, and other major societies.
The second edition of the ASPC Manual of Preventive Cardiology is an essential resource for physicians, medical students, residents, fellows, nurses, and other healthcare professionals and researchers in cardiology, primary care, health promotion and disease prevention, exercise physiology, and pharmacotherapy.
Nathan D. Wong, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FASPC, FNLA
Professor and Director, Heart Disease Prevention Program
Division of Cardiology, University of California, Irvine
Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology (UCLA and UC Irvine) and Population Sciences (UC Irvine)
Past President, American Society for Preventive Cardiology
C240 Medical Sciences
Irvine, CA 92697-4079, USA
T: 949-824-5561
Email: ndwong@uci.edu
Ezra A. Amsterdam, MD, FACC, FAHA
Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Associate Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Past President, American Society for Preventive Cardiology
Department of Internal Medicine
University of California (Davis) Medical Center
4086 Y Street
Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
T: 916-734-5191
Email: eaamsterdam@ucdmc.edu
Peter P. Toth, MD, PhD, FAAFP, FCCP, FNLA, FASPC, FESC, FACC
Professor of Clinical Family and Community Medicine
University of Illinois School of Medicine
Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine
Ciccarone Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Johns Hopkins University
President, American Society for Preventive Cardiology
101 East Miller Road
Sterling, IL 61081, USA
Email: Peter.Toth@cghmc.com
