Heart Disease in Women
Heart Disease in Women Stephen T. Sinatra, MD, FACC, FACN, CNS 2019 Considerations for a Gender Subspecialty Gender-specific medicine may perhaps be the newest subspecialty in cardiology to emerge in…
CARDIOLOGY
The Role of Chelation Therapy in Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes Mellitus, and Heavy Metal Detoxification: The TACT Trials
The Role of Chelation Therapy in Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes Mellitus, and Heavy Metal Detoxification: The TACT Trials Jeanne Drisko, MD, CNS, FACN Introduction The identification of chelation as a chemical…
Depression, Anxiety, Stress, and Spirituality in Cardiovascular Disease
Depression, Anxiety, Stress, and Spirituality in Cardiovascular Disease Mimi Guarneri, MD, FACC Shyamia Stone, ND, MPH Introduction The human heart is notoriously understood as the life-giving organ of the body….
Integrative Management of Hypertension: Pathophysiology, Epidemiology, Clinical Aspects, Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment With Nutrition, Nutritional Supplements, Lifestyle, and Drugs
Integrative Management of Hypertension: Pathophysiology, Epidemiology, Clinical Aspects, Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment With Nutrition, Nutritional Supplements, Lifestyle, and Drugs Mark C. Houston, MD, MS, MSc, FACP, FAHA, FASH, FACN, FAARM,…
Obesity, Adipokines, Inflammation, and Cardiovascular Disease
Obesity, Adipokines, Inflammation, and Cardiovascular Disease Joseph J. Lamb, MD Introduction As noted by Hotamisligil,1 the interactions between immune and metabolic pathways are highly ordered, evolutionary conserved, and are important…
Thyroid and Adrenal Influences on the Cardiovascular System
Thyroid and Adrenal Influences on the Cardiovascular System Erik Lundquist, MD, ABFM, AboIM, IFMCP Annalouise O’Connor, BS, PhD The endocrine system is a complex and sophisticated dance of hormones and…
The Role of the Gut Microbiome in Cardiovascular Disease
The Role of the Gut Microbiome in Cardiovascular Disease Jill C. Carnahan, MD, ABIHM, ABoIM, IFMCP Purpose of This Chapter Defining what is “normal” in healthy microbiota communities is an…
Insulin Resistance, Metabolic Syndrome, and Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 and Type 2: Physiology, Pathophysiology, Metabolic Considerations, and Clinical Presentation
Insulin Resistance, Metabolic Syndrome, and Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 and Type 2: Physiology, Pathophysiology, Metabolic Considerations, and Clinical Presentation Filomena Trindade, MD, MPH, ABOIM, IFMCP, FAARM, ABFM Introduction Diabetes mellitus…
Sex Hormones in Women
Sex Hormones in Women Pamela W. Smith, MD, MPH, MS This chapter will begin by examining the major sex hormone in a woman’s body, which is estrogen, produced mainly by…
Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Cardiovascular Computed Tomography Andrew O. Zurick III, MD, FACC, FASE, FSCMR Cardiovascular Computed Tomography For decades, investigators have sought to develop novel technologies that would allow rapid, noninvasive imaging of…
