Preventive cardiology: a practical manual

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Cardiovascular disease is the main cause of death across Europe, accounting for over four million deaths each year. The main objectives of preventive cardiology are to increase the duration and improve the quality of life. This indispensible manual provides practical advice on how to structure and run a preventive cardiology programme, addressing the prevention of cardiovascular disease in clinical practice through lifestyle, risk factor and therapeutic management. The approach described in thi…

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Title Statements

Full title :Preventive cardiology : a practical manual / C.S. Jennings [and others].

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2009.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2009.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xvi, 218 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : : illustrations (some color)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780191575297, 0191575291, 1283581051, 9781283581059
oclc:ocn801405622
LC Classification:RC682
Dewey Decimal:616.1205

Foreword; Preface; Summary of lifestyle, risk factor, and therapeutic targets; Abbreviations; Part 1 Background and multidisciplinary family-based cardiovascular assessment; 1 Rationale for preventive cardiology programmes; What is preventive cardiology?; What is a high-risk patient?; What is cardiovascular risk?; How to assess risk; JES4: SCORE risk estimation system; JBS2: CVD risk prediction chart; Why families too?; 2 The nurse-led multidisciplinary team; The core team in a preventive cardiology programme; The role of the nurse in a preventive cardiology programme.

The role of the dietitian and physiotherapist in a preventive cardiology programmeRole of the cardiologist, general practitioner, and other physicians; Input of other disciplines to the preventive cardiology programme; Conclusion; 3 Identification and recruitment; Priority groups for CVD prevention; The practicalities of recruitment; 4 Comprehensive multidisciplinary family-based cardiovascular assessment; Principles of the multidisciplinary assessment of high-risk families; Assessment of lifestyle; Assessment of smoking; Assessment of diet and weight.

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Cardiovascular Diseases -- prevention &… Coeur -- Maladies Évaluation du risque Guides et manuels Habitudes sanitaires Handbook Handbooks and manuals HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases Health Behavior Health promotion Heart Diseases MEDICAL -- Cardiology Promotion de la santé risk assessment RISK FACTORS