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• Title:The ESC handbook of preventive cardiology : putting prevention into practice / edited by Catriona Jennings, Ian Graham, Stephan Gielen.
  
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• Variant Title:European Society of Cardiology handbook of preventive cardiology
  Handbook of preventive cardiology
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Jennings, C. S. (Catriona S.), editor.
  Graham, Ian M., editor.
  Gielen, Stephan, editor.
  European Society of Cardiology.
  
• Published/Created:Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WG210 .E74 2016
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Cardiology.
  Heart--Diseases--Prevention.
  
• Medical Subjects: Cardiology.
  Heart Diseases--prevention & control.
  
• Edition:First edition.
  
• Description:xiii, 222 pages ; 20 cm
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9780199674039 paperback
  0199674035 paperback
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 What is prevention and why do we need it?
  1. Why do we need cardiovascular disease prevention?
  2. What is a high-risk patient?
  3. How to assess risk
  4. Biomarkers in risk assessment
  5. Imaging in risk assessment
  6. Erectile dysfunction and cardiovascular risk
  7. Priorities and targets
  pt. 2 Practical aspects of prevention
  8. Behavioural strategies to support and sustain lifestyle change
  9. Engaging people in prevention initiatives
  10. Treatment of tobacco dependence
  11. Diet and weight: major lifestyle challenges
  12. Helping people to become more physically active
  13. Managing blood pressure
  14. Managing blood lipids
  15. Managing blood glucose
  16. Drug therapies to reduce risk: evidence and practicalities
  17. Identifying and managing psychosocial factors
  18. Putting educational strategies into practice
  pt. 3 Setting up preventive cardiology initiatives
  19. global care pathway and how it works in practice
  20. Examples of initiatives in different care settings: starting preventive and rehabilitative care in hospital
  21. Examples of initiatives in different care settings: community
  22. Ensuring quality of interventions.