Nutraceuticals and Cardiovascular Disease: An Evidence-based Approach for Clinical Practice (Contemporary Cardiology) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3030626318 ISBN 13: 9783030626310

Publisher: Humana, 2021

Synopsis

This book provides an evidence-based approach for the clinical use of nutraceuticals in the prevention and management of cardiovascular disease. It examines cardiovascular disease epidemiology, risk factors, and the role of dietary patterns. Clinical chapters discuss the use of nutraceuticals in the management of medical conditions such as dyslipidemia, hypertension, insulin resistance, and heart failure. Each chapter contains a short epidemiological background; a list of relevant active compounds and their efficacy, tolerability, and safety; and suggestions for prescribers. This book is a practical guide with the best clinical evidence supporting the use of nutraceuticals in cardiology.

Nutraceuticals and Cardiovascular Disease: An Evidence-based Approach for Clinical Practice is an essential resource for physicians, residents, fellows, and medical students in cardiology, clinical nutrition, dietetics, and internal medicine.

About this title

About the Author

Arrigo F.G. Cicero, MD, PhD

President of the Italian Nutraceutical Society (SINut) Associate Professor of Dietary Sciences

Dept. of Medical and Surgical Sciences Alma Mater Studiorum

University of Bologna

Italy

 

Prof. Manfredi Rizzo, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Internal Medicine

Department of Health Promotion Sciences Maternal and Infantile Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (PROMISE)

School of Medicine

University of Palermo

Italy

From the Back Cover

This book provides an evidence-based approach for the clinical use of nutraceuticals in the prevention and management of cardiovascular disease. It examines cardiovascular disease epidemiology, risk factors, and the role of dietary patterns. Clinical chapters discuss the use of nutraceuticals in the management of medical conditions such as dyslipidemia, hypertension, insulin resistance, and heart failure. Each chapter contains a short epidemiological background; a list of relevant active compounds and their efficacy, tolerability, and safety; and suggestions for prescribers. This book is a practical guide with the best clinical evidence supporting the use of nutraceuticals in cardiology.

Nutraceuticals and Cardiovascular Disease: An Evidence-based Approach for Clinical Practice is an essential resource for physicians, residents, fellows, and medical students in cardiology, clinical nutrition, dietetics, and internal medicine.

Edition details

• Publisher: Humana
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3030626318
• ISBN 13: 9783030626310
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 309
• Editor: Cicero Arrigo F.G., Rizzo Manfredi