Prevention of Disease Progression Throughout the Cardiovascular Continuum: The Role of Adrenergic β-Blockade (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783642625671)

Despite remarkable therapeutic achievements in medicine, cardiovascular diseases remain the major cause of death in the new millennium.
The cardiovascular disease continuum starts with risk factors such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus and lipid disorders, leading to coronary artery disease or left ventricular hypertrophy. Left ventricular dysfunction and remodelling follow after initial myocardial damage (e.g. myocardial infarction), finally leading to the development of heart failure.
This book gives an overview of the effects of antiadrenergic treatment in the different stages of the cardiovascular continuum, with a particular emphasis on heart failure, authored by a faculty of leading international clinical cardiologists.

Author: L. E. Ryden
ISBN-10: 3642625673
ISBN-13: 9783642625671
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 10/29/2012
Pages: 147
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.51lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.34d