Personalized and Precision Integrative Cardiovascular Medicine

Description:

Encompassing functional cardiology, integrative medicine, and metabolic medicine/cardiology, this unique reference offers an up-to-date, expert approach to heart health wellness and treating the diseased heart and blood vessels. It provides today’s practitioners with insight into various treatment options and alternatives to pharmaceutical care and surgery, incorporating new scientific information on metabolic and integrative cardiovascular medicine from peer-reviewed articles, evidence-based medicine, and human clinical research as a foundation for practical clinical information.

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Table of Contents:

Section 1 An Introduction to Functional, Metabolic and Integrative 
Cardiovascular Medicine

1 The Future of Functional Cardiovascular 
Medicine

Section 2 Foundational Basics in Vascular Medicine

2 Vascular Biology and Vascular Aging for the Clinician

3 Atherosclerotic Oxidative Stress: A Maladaptive Immune System Response to Perceived Intimal Infection

Section 3 Nutrition and Cardiovascular Disease

4 The Role of Food Patterns, Nutrition, and (Phyto)Nutrients in Cardiovascular Disease: The Clinical Trials, Their Implications, and Clinical Application for the Prevention and Treatment 
of Cardiovascular Disease, Coronary Heart 
Disease, Stroke, Hypertension, Dyslipidemia, 
and Diabetes Mellitus

5 The Paleo Diet and Coronary Heart Disease

6 Food Sensitivities, Wheat-­Related Disorders, and Cardiovascular Disease

7 Marine-­Derived Omega-­3 Fatty Acids and 
Cardiovascular Disease

Section 4 The Role of Exercise

8 The Role of Exercise in Hypertension, 
Dyslipidemia, Insulin Resistance, Metabolic 
Syndrome, Obesity, CHD, and CHF

Section 5 Cardiovascular Genomics

9 Cardiogenomics in the Age of Personalized 
Lifestyle Medicine

Section 6 Testing And Cardiovasular 
Disease

10 Introduction to Anatomic and Functional Testing in Patients With Known or Suspected Coronary Artery Disease

11 Endothelial Dysfunction and Testing

12 Multifunction Cardiogram, a.k.a. MCG

13 CAPWA: Computerized Arterial Pulse Wave Analysis

14 Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing

15 Stress Nuclear Imaging in the Evaluation of 
Suspected Coronary Artery Disease

16 Stress Echocardiography in the Evaluation of Suspected Coronary Artery Disease

17 Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

18 Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging

19 Carotid Ultrasound

20 Complete and Advanced Cardiovascular 
Laboratory Testing

Section 7 SPECIAL POPULATIONS 
AND CARDIOVASCULAR 
DISEASE

21 Integrative Management of Hypertension: Pathophysiology, Epidemiology, Clinical Aspects, Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment With Nutrition, Nutritional Supplements, Lifestyle, and Drugs

22 Nutrition, Nutritional Supplements, and Drugs in the Management of Dyslipidemia

23 Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors, Coronary Heart Disease, Congestive Heart Failure, and Metabolic Cardiology

24 Sex Hormones in Women

25 Thyroid and Adrenal Influences on the 
Cardiovascular System

26 Insulin Resistance, Metabolic Syndrome, and Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 and Type 2: Physiology, Pathophysiology, Metabolic Considerations, and Clinical Presentation

27 The Role of the Gut Microbiome in 
Cardiovascular Disease

28 Periodontal Disease, Inflammation, and 
Cardiovascular Disease

29 Obesity, Adipokines, Inflammation, and 
Cardiovascular Disease

30 Cerebrovascular Disease, Vascular Dementia, Carotid Artery Disease, and CVA: Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment

31 Kidney Disease, Proteinuria: Implications for Cardiovascular Risk

32 Grounding and the Cardiovascular System

33 Depression, Anxiety, Stress, and Spirituality in Cardiovascular Disease

34 Environmental Toxins and Cardiovascular 
Disease

35 The Role of Chelation Therapy in Cardiovascular 
Disease, Diabetes Mellitus, and Heavy Metal Detoxification: The TACT Trials

36 Heart Disease in Women

37 Cross Talk Signaling and Networking—Improving Outcomes in the Cardiometabolic Patient

Section 8 Additional Topics

38 Consequences of Cardiovascular Drug-­Induced Nutrient Depletion

39 The Role of Botanicals in Hypertension and 
Cardiovascular Disease

Index