Integrated Approach to Hypertension
Category Systolic Diastolic Optimal <120 And <80 Normal 120–129 And/or 80–84 High normal 130–139 And/or 85–89 Grade 1 hypertension 140–159 And/or 90–99 Grade 2 hypertension 160–179 And/or 100–109 Grade 3…
Integrated Approach to Arrhythmias
1. Which arrhythmia is present? 2. Does the arrhythmia cause symptoms? 3. Does the arrhythmia have prognostic significance? 4. Is the problem life-threatening? 5. Does the patient require hospital admission or extensive testing? 6. Is specialist…
Integrated Approach to Coronary Artery Disease
Cardiovascular risk factor Relative risk Smoking 2.87 Hypertension 1.91 Elevated Apo B/ Apo A1 3.25 Diabetes 2.37 Abdominal obesity 1.12 Psychosocial factors 2.67 Daily consumption of fruits and vegetables 0.7…
Cardiovascular Aging
Level Changes Consequences Structural Systemic arterial vessels Intimal and medial thickening of large artery walls Changes in wall matrix (increase in elastolytic and collagenolytic activity, increased collagen deposition, fracture of…
Endocrine System and Cardiovascular Disease
Fig. 8.1 The effect of thyroid hormones on the heart Amiodarone, a benzofuranic iodine-rich antiarrhythmic drug, causes thyroid dysfunction in 15–20% of treated patients, including both hypothyroidism and thyrotoxicosis. Amiodarone-induced…
Heart and Skin: The Paradigm of Cytokine-Mediated Cardiovascular Metabolic Disease in Psoriasis
Fig. 20.1 Plaque psoriasis in a patient who is mildly overweight 20.2 Psoriasis Psoriasis is a common, chronic, relapsing, inflammatory skin disease affecting up to 3% of the world’s population…
Ozone Therapy as a Complementary Treatment in Cardiovascular Diseases
History of ozone as a therapeutic agent 1785: ozone was mentioned for the first time in the scientific literature: it was described in an experiment by Martin van Marum, a…
The Role of Stress and Emotions in Cardiovascular Disease: Stress Management and Meditation Programs in the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Massimo Fioranelli (ed.)Integrative Cardiology10.1007/978-3-319-40010-5_12 12. The Role of Stress and Emotions in Cardiovascular Disease: Stress Management and Meditation Programs in the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease Anna Giulia Bottaccioli1 (1)…
Low-Dose Therapy for the Treatment of Low-Grade Chronic Inflammation
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Massimo Fioranelli (ed.)Integrative Cardiology10.1007/978-3-319-40010-5_3 3. Low-Dose Therapy for the Treatment of Low-Grade Chronic Inflammation Massimo Fioranelli1 , Marco Del Prete2, Jahaira Carolina Aracena3, Maria Grazia Roccia4, Carlo Dal Lin5 and Claudio Tomella3 (1) Department of Nuclear Physics, Sub-nuclear…
Homeopathy and Cardiovascular Disease
Remedy Tissue Spigelia Heart valves, endocardium Arnica Coronary arteries Kali carbonicum Right ventricle Aurum metallicum Left ventricle Aconitum Nerve tissue of the heart Table 2.2 Functional classification of homeopathic remedies…
