Case Studies in Lipid Management

✍ Scribed by D. John Betteridge

• Publisher: Informa Healthcare
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 210
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

A definitive collection of 35 case studies written by opinion leaders in the field of lipid management, this book presents topics of current interest ranging from diet to the latest pharmaceutical therapies. Each case is a highly informative study based on each contributor's own personal experiences within the discipline of lipids. The book covers multiple risk factors, patients with coronary heart disease, severe dyslipidemia, combined hyperlipidemia, secondary lipidemia, and therapeutic issues. It provides a practically and useful resource for common clinical situations and is an essential text for practitioners in the field and those in related professions.

✦ Table of Contents

Front cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Contributors......Page 10
Preface......Page 14
Case 1. Moderate-Risk Patient With Hypercholesterolemia: A Pharmacy (P) Model For Decreasing LDL-Cholesterol To Reduce Coronary Heart Disease Risk......Page 16
Case 2. Targeting Multiple Lipid Risk Factors With Combinaton Lipid-Lowering Therapy To Reduce Cardiovascular Risk......Page 22
Case 3. A Lady With Multiple Risk Factors For Coronary Heart Disease......Page 26
Case 4. Coronary Heart Disease In A Premenopausal Woman......Page 30
Case 5. Case Study: Women And Cardiovascular Risk......Page 34
Case 6. A Patient With Diabetes And Coronary Heart Disease......Page 38
Case 7. Lipid-Modifying Therapy In A Person With Diabetes And An Acute Coronary Syndrome......Page 44
Case 8. A Patient With The Clinical Phenotype Of Severe Familial Hypercholesterolemia......Page 50
Case 9. A Case Of Successful Treatment Of Familial Hypercholesterolemia......Page 54
Case 10. LDL Apheresis Therapy During Pregnancy......Page 58
Case 11. A Case Of Xanthomatous Neuropathy......Page 62
Case 12. Unusually Severe Dominant Hypercholesterolemia......Page 66
Case 13. A Case Of Extreme Triglyceridemia......Page 70
Case 14. A Patient With Acute Severe Abdominal Pain And Generalized Eruptive Xanthomata......Page 74
Case 15. Severe Hypertriglyceridemia Due To Familial Lipoprotein Lipase Deficiency In Pregnancy......Page 80
Case 16. Managing Combined Hyperlipoproteinemia In A Man With The Metabolic Syndrome......Page 88
Case 17. Lipid Therapy For Dyslipidemia In The Presence Of The Metabolic Syndrome......Page 94
Case 18. Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia: The Case Of Triglycerides......Page 100
Case 19. Management Of Combined Hpyerlipideia......Page 110
Case 20. Fat In The Liver: A Feature Of Insulin Resistance, Dyslipemia, And Atherosclerosis?......Page 114
Case 21. Mixed Lipemia With Striking Physical Signs......Page 120
Case 22. A Case For Measuring Apoprotein B......Page 124
Case 23. A Hypercholesterolemic Patient With Hypothyroidism And Something Else......Page 128
Case 24. Dry Skin And Cardiovascular Health......Page 132
Case 25. Ethanol-Induced Combined Hyperlipidemia......Page 138
Case 26. A Patient With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus......Page 142
Case 27. A Modicum Of Suspicion: Diabetic Kidney Disease And Dyslipidemia......Page 146
Case 28. A Patient With Peripheral Arterial Disease And Metabolic Syndrome......Page 158
Case 29. A Postmenopausal Woman WIth Marked Hypertriglyceridemia......Page 162
Case 30. Combination Therapy Of Hyperlipidemia......Page 168
Case 31. Use of Combinaton Therapy In A Patient With Complex Dyslipidemia......Page 174
Case 32. Triple Therapy In The Treatment Of Hyperlipidemia......Page 180
Case 33. Grasping The Nettle: The Impact Of Lifestyle Change In Metabolic Syndrome......Page 186
Case 34. A Patient With Dyslipidemia, Coronary Heart Disease, And A History Of Statin Intolerance......Page 190
Case 35. Statin Intolerance In A Patient Following A Kidney Transplant......Page 194
Index......Page 198
Back cover......Page 210