Full Description
Lipidology is the study of cholesterol, in particular in finding treatments for high cholesterol and other lipid disorders.
This book is a comprehensive guide to lipidology for endocrinologists and trainees.
Divided into four sections, the text begins with an overview of the specialty, followed by discussion on clinical aspects - dietary issues and cardiovascular disease, lipid markers, good cholesterol, lipoproteins and more.
The next section covers therapeutic lipidology, from diet and exercise, to statins, HDL-targeted (high density lipoproteins), and evolving targets such as PCSK9 inhibitors (a type of medicine for lowering cholesterol in the blood).
The final section examines Dyslipidemia (an abnormal amount of lipids in the blood) in specific sectors of the population - children and adolescents, pregnant women, the elderly, in HIV patients, and in patients with chronic kidney disease.
The book is highly illustrated with clinical images and figures to assist learning.
Key points
Comprehensive guide to lipidology for endocrinologists and trainees
Covers many therapeutic options including evolving techniques
Discusses management of Dyslipidemia in specific population sectors
Highly illustrated with images, diagrams and tables
Contents
Section 1: Basic Lipidology
Human Lipoprotein Metabolism: An Overview
Lipoproteins: Mechanisms for Atherogenesis
Apolipoprotein B Particles and Cardiovascular Disease
Lipoprotein (a): An Update
Monogenic Lipoprotein Disorders: The Phenotype to Genotype
Section 2: Clinical Lipidology
Dietary Fats and Cardiovascular Disease
Dyslipidemia: Relationship to Insulin Resistance, Fatty Liver, and Sub-Clinical Atherosclerosis
Risk Assessment of Different Lipid Markers: Clinical Appraisal and Goal of Therapy
Rethinking Good Cholesterol: Understanding the Role of HDL
Triglycerides, Remnant Cholesterol, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Non-HDL is a Better Marker than LDL for CVD Benefits
Approach to the Patient with Lipid Disorders
Laboratory Assessment of Lipoproteins: Principles and Pitfalls
Statins Diabetogenicity: Are All Same?
Section 3: Therapeutic Lipidology
The Effects of Diet and Exercise in Hyperlipidemia
NAFLD: The Lipid Disease of the Liver and the Effect of Lipid-lowering Drugs
Beyond Statins: Who and When to Prescribe?
Role of TG-lowering Drugs on Cardiovascular Outcomes: Focus on OM3FA
HDL-targeted Therapies: Progress and Future
Statin Intolerance: Impact on Statin Therapy - Assessment and Management
Diabetic Dyslipidemia: Current Concept and Guidelines
Comparative Analysis of Major Cholesterol Guidelines: Endocrinologists' Perspective
International Lipid Guidelines: Implications for Indian Patients: A Cardiologist's Viewpoint
Lipoprotein Apheresis
Evolving Targets of Therapies: PCSK9 and Beyond
Section 4: Dyslipidemia in Special Population
Lipid Management in Chronic Kidney Disease
Dyslipidemia in Children and Adolescents: Screening, Diagnosis and Management
Dyslipidemia in Pregnancy
Drug Treatment of Dyslipidemia in Older Adults
Dyslipidemia in HIV
