Frontiers in Cardiovascular Health

Understanding the pathophysiology; cellular mechanisms of disease progression; different risk factors for cardiovascular disease; dietary effects on cardiovascular health and cultural differences are as important as dealing with the economic burden of cardiovascular mortality and morbidity.Frontiers in Cardiovascular Health discusses the factors that lead to cardiovascular death and strategies for their prevention from molecule to population.

Dedication: A Tribute to Dr. Bohuslav Ostadal	p. ix
Preface	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Risk Factors and Cardiovascular Disease	p. 1
Inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease	p. 3
The Role of Inflammation in Cardiac Function and Repair	p. 19
Cardiac Repair Following Infarction	p. 29
Protein and Phospholipids Composition of Human Myocardium in Children with Congenital Heart Disease	p. 37
Human Atherosclerosis: New Participants?	p. 55
Aging and Dietary Lipids Modulate Ca[superscript 2+]-Dependent Mitochondrial Function in the Post-Ischemic Heart	p. 73
The Role of Nuclear Receptors in HDL Formation	p. 83
Vascular Complications in Diabetes: Risk Factors and Pathogenic Correlates	p. 97
Hypercholesterolemia and Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetic Patients	p. 109
Altered Substrate Utilization in the Diabetic Heart: Role of Lipoprotein Lipase	p. 119
Does Reperfusion Cause Any Injury to the Myocardium?	p. 145
Fulminant Myocarditis--From Lethal Disease to Survival	p. 159
Homocysteine/Coronary Atherosclerosis and Cardiac Transplantation: A Case Control Study	p. 171
Drug Development Based on Functional Genomics of Overloaded Cardiomyocytes: CPT 1 vs. PPAR alpha Effects of Etomoxir	p. 177
Mutational Profiles and Molecular Etiologies of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Asian Populations	p. 195
Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Health	p. 207
Flavanol-Rich Foods and Cardiovascular Health	p. 209
Benefits of Dietary Fiber for Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes	p. 227
Nutrition and the Brain-Heart Connection	p. 243
Vitamin D and Atherosclerosis: A Noteworthy Link	p. 261
Congestive Heart Failure as Metabolic Disease	p. 271
Conditioned Nutritional Requirements: Therapeutic Relevance to Heart Failure	p. 289
Stress and Dietary Fat Influence Cell Membranes and Death Due to Ventricular Fibrillation and Heart Failure	p. 295
Pharmacotherapeutics of Diabetic Cardiomyopathy	p. 307
Atherosclerotic Regression--A Myth or Reality	p. 323
Monolayers of Apolipoprotein AII at the Air/Water Interface	p. 341
Changing Partially Hydrogenated Fat for Palmitic Acid in the Diet Increases LDL-Cholesterol and Endogenous Cholesterol Synthesis in Normocholesterolemic Women	p. 353
Cytoprotection of Cardiac Myocytes by Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids	p. 367
The Effects of Taurine and Astragalus Membranaceus on Ion Currents and Their Expression in Cardiomyocytes After CVB3 Infection	p. 379
CoQ10 in the Treatment of Heart and Vascular Disease	p. 395
Lifestyle and Global Cardiovascular Burden	p. 421
Global Burden of Cardiovascular Disease: Impending Pandemic in Developing Countries and Economies in Transition	p. 423
Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Women	p. 439
Cardiovascular Disease in Women in the Middle East	p. 445
Hypertension and Diabetes Situation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: With Special Reference to Iran	p. 451
Coronary Artery Disease in Developing and Newly Industrialized Countries: A Scientific Statement of the International College of Cardiology	p. 473
Social Inequalities, Nutrition and Health	p. 489
The Potential Impact of CardioVision 2020 and Three Other Risk Factor Scenarios on Population Rates of Coronary Heart and Cardiovascular Disease: A Call to Action	p. 495
Benefits of Exercise in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure	p. 507
Cardiac Adaptations to Swim Exercise with Administration of a Cysteine Protease Inhibitor	p. 519
Reversal of Coronary Atherosclerosis by Yoga Lifestyle Intervention	p. 535
Prevention of Heart Failure--A Clinical Reality?	p. 549
Diastolic Dysfunction, Redox Stress, Extracellular Matrix Remodeling and Congestive Heart Failure in Diabetes Mellitus	p. 563
Index	p. 583
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