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Clinical challenges in lipid disorders.


9781846920295

Clinical challenges in lipid disorders.

Ed. by Peter P. Toth and Domenic A. Sica.

Clinical Publishing

2008

297 pages

$99.95

Hardcover

RC632

Organized by question, this book covers 20 of the top concerns, including prediction of cardiovascular disease Cardiovascular disease
Disease that affects the heart and blood vessels.

Mentioned in: Lipoproteins Test

cardiovascular disease 
 morbidity and mortality Morbidity and Mortality can refer to:
  • Morbidity & Mortality, a term used in medicine
  • Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, a medical publication
See also
  • Morbidity, a medical term
  • Mortality, a medical term
, Framingham risk scoring v. risk factor counting, metabolic syndrome (and its treatment and risks), statins Statins
A class of drugs commonly used to lower LDL cholesterol levels.

Mentioned in: C-Reactive Protein
 for all acute coronary syndrome acute coronary syndrome
n.
A sudden, severe coronary event that mimics a heart attack, such as unstable angina.


acute coronary syndrome 
 cases, CAD risk equivalents, treatment for dyslipidemia in children and adolescents, when LDL-c is too low, the statin-treated patient with myalgia myalgia /my·al·gia/ (mi-al´jah) muscular pain.myal´gic

epidemic myalgia  see under pleurodynia.


my·al·gia
n.
, the "rubber chicken" treatment, dietary supplements, timing for treatment, liver toxicity in medications, and whether elderly patients should receive lipid-lowering treatment. Clinical Publishing in the UK is an imprint of Atlas Medical Publishing, Ltd. The book is distributed in the US by BookMasters.

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