© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Jadelson Andrade, Fausto Pinto and Donna Arnett (eds.)Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases10.1007/978-3-319-22357-5_23 Social Mobilization for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Control Carlos Alberto Machado1 (1) Cardiovascular Health Promotion from the Brazilian Society of Cardiology,…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Jadelson Andrade, Fausto Pinto and Donna Arnett (eds.)Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases10.1007/978-3-319-22357-5_21 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Cardiovascular Disease Donald Edmondson1 , David Hiti1 and Ian Kronish1 (1) Department of Medicine, Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health,…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Jadelson Andrade, Fausto Pinto and Donna Arnett (eds.)Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases10.1007/978-3-319-22357-5_22 Individual Interventions for Prevention and Control of CVDs Pantaleo Giannuzzi1 (1) Department of Cardiology, Salvatore Maugeri Foundation – IRCCS, Scientific…
Fig. 1 Prevention and control of CVDs—what works? Acknowledgements We would like to give thanks to Svetlana Mosteoru, MD, for the outstanding help in the process of writing this chapter….
Major criteria Minor criteria Carditis Fever Arthritis Arthralgia Chorea Elevation of inflammatory markers (ESR, CRP) Eritema marginatum Prolonged PR interval in the ECG Subcutaneous nodulous Evidence of GAS infection Adapted…
Condition Women Men Spontaneous coronary artery dissection More Autoimmune-related cardiovascular disease More Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction More Takotsubo cardiomyopathy More Benefit from cardiac resynchronization therapy Greater Sudden cardiac…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Jadelson Andrade, Fausto Pinto and Donna Arnett (eds.)Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases10.1007/978-3-319-22357-5_13 Genetics of Cardiovascular Disease Steven A. Claas1 , Stella Aslibekyan2, 3 and Donna K. Arnett4, 5 (1) Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University…
Total CV risk (SCORE) % LDL-C levels <70 mg/dL <1.8 mmol/L 70 to <100 mg/dL 1.8 to < 2.5 mmol/L 100 to <155 mg/dL 2.5 to <4.0 mmol/L 155 to <190 mg/dL…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Jadelson Andrade, Fausto Pinto and Donna Arnett (eds.)Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases10.1007/978-3-319-22357-5_12 Other Determinants of Cardiovascular Diseases: Social, Globalization, and Urbanization Dalton Bertolim Précoma1, 2 , Jorge Ilha Guimarães2 and Antonio Felipe Simão2, 3 (1) Catholic University of…
Routine tests Haemoglobin and/or haematocrit Fasting plasma glucose Serum total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol Fasting serum triglycerides Serum potassium and sodium Serum uric acid Serum creatinine (with…
