Metabolic risk for cardiovascular disease /
The relationship of metabolic diseases to cardiovascular disease (CVD) is reaching epidemic proportions. This relates mostly to the increasing prevalence of obesity, the metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes. This book outlines and addresses the metabolic factors and related diseases that contribut...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dallas, TX : Chichester, West Sussex, UK :
American Heart Association ; Wiley-Blackwell,
2011
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| Series: | AHA clinical series.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | The relationship of metabolic diseases to cardiovascular disease (CVD) is reaching epidemic proportions. This relates mostly to the increasing prevalence of obesity, the metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes. This book outlines and addresses the metabolic factors and related diseases that contribute to CVD, including brief introductions to metabolic pathways including lipid and lipoprotein metabolism, macronutrient fuel partitioning, insulin action and body weight regulation. Mechanisms that relate to becoming obese, maintenance of the obese state, the dyslipidemias, and glucose intolerance/d. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 244 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781444324792 1444324799 9781405181044 1405181044 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
