Cardiovascular Risk Factors

00 preface_ Cardiovascular Risk Factors......Page 1
01_Cardiovascular Risk Investigation:
When Should it Start?......Page 9
02_Early Identification of Cardiovascular
Risk Factors in Adolescents and
Follow-Up Intervention Strategies......Page 25
03_Novel and Traditional Cardiovascular
Risk Factors in Adolescents......Page 69
04_Cardiovascular Risk Factors in the Elderly......Page 89
05_Vascular Inflammation: A New Horizon
in Cardiovascular Risk Assessment......Page 111
06_Alterations in the Brainstem Preautonomic
Circuitry May Contribute to Hypertension
Associated with Metabolic Syndrome......Page 149
07_Cardiometabolic Syndrome......Page 169
08_Relationship Between Cardiovascular
Risk Factors and Periodontal Disease:
Current Knowledge......Page 201
09_Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Diabetes
and Chronic Kidney Diseases: A New Insight
and Emerging Strategies......Page 225
10_Non Invasive Assessment of Cardiovascular
Risk Profile: The Role of the Ultrasound Markers......Page 259
11_Endothelial Progenitor Cell Number:
A Convergence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors......Page 273
12_Nitric Oxide Signalling in
Vascular Control and Cardiovascular Risk......Page 287
13_An Anti-Inflammatory Approach
in the Therapeutic Choices for the
Prevention of Atherosclerotic Events......Page 309
14_Gender-Specific Aspects in the Clinical Presentation of Cardiovascular Disease......Page 335
15_The Role of Stress in a Pathogenesis of CHD......Page 345
16_Pulse Pressure and Target Organ Damage......Page 373
17_Low-Level Exposure to Lead as a
Cardiovascular Risk Factor......Page 395
18_Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Syndrome as a
Systemic Low-Grade Inflammatory Disorder......Page 419
19_New Cardiovascular Risk
Factors and Physical Activity......Page 441
20_Dietary Supplements and Cardiovascular
Disease: What is the Evidence
and What Should We Recommend?......Page 457
21_Mediterranean Diet and Cardiovascular Risk......Page 473