Fish Oil and Vascular Disease

Raffaele DeCaterina, Steen Kristensen, Eric Schmidt (Herausgeber)

XIV, 128 Seiten

1992
Springer Berlin (Hersteller)
978-3-540-19792-8 (ISBN)

Infos

This reference covers the most relevant aspects of fish oil in vascular disease. It includes epidemiological information, nutritional aspects, and the effects of various biological functions, as well as the effects of fish oils upon blood pressure.

Inhalt

Epidemiology and nutrition - n-3 fatty acids - epidemiological background and general introduction; dietary fish intake and cardiovascular protection in Western populations; fish consumption and blood pressure; the effect of n-3 fatty acids on cardiovascular risk factors; n-3 fatty acids and the vessel wall - n-3 fatty acids and the platelet-vessel wall interactions; platelets, leukocytes and atherosclerosis - possible links between n-3 fatty acids and protection from atherosclerosis; cytokines and their modulations by n-3 fatty acids with regard to atherogenesis; n-3 fatty acids and fibrinolysis; prevention of cardiac arrythmias by n-3 fatty acids; n-3 fatty acids and hypertension - essential hypertension - current needs and methodological problems with non-pharmacological treatment; n-3 fatty acids in hypertension; n-3 fatty acids in comparison and in combination with other drugs in the management of mild hypertension.

Produkt-Details

• Vorwort: G. Crepaldi
• Zusatzinfo: 43 figs., 32 tabs.
• Verlagsort: Berlin
• Sprache: englisch
• Gewicht: 495 g
• Einbandart: gebunden
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe ► Diätassistenz / Ernährungsberatung
• Themenwelt: Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Kardiologie / Angiologie
• ISBN-10: 3-540-19792-3 / 3540197923
• ISBN-13: 978-3-540-19792-8 / 9783540197928
• Zustand: Neuware