Table of Contents: Preface
Chapter 1 - Defensive Personality Effects on Cardiovascular Health: A Review of the Evidence; pp. 1-21
(Thomas Rutledge, The Univ. of California, San Diego)
Chapter 2 - Childhood Obesity: New Evidence of Myocardial Functional Abnormalities in Overweight Children; pp. 23-40
(Sudhir Ken Mehta, Adel Younoszai, Cleveland Clinic Health System, USA)
Chapter 3 - Recent Developments in Fatty Acids Research and Cardiovascular Diseases; pp. 41-71
(Antonis Zampelas, Dept. of Food Science and Technology, Agricultural Univ. of Athens, Greece, Kalliopi-Anna Poulia, Dept. of Dietetics, "Laiko" General Univ. Hospital, Athens, Greece)
Chapter 4 - Nutraceuticals for Cardiovascular Protection; pp. 73-103
(Emily Payne, Louise Potts, Brian Lockwood, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Univ. of Manchester, Manchester, UK)
Chapter 5 - Cardiovascular Risk Profile of Menopausal Women: Analysis from the Canadian National Population Health Survey;
pp. 105-123
(Julia Wong, Shirley Wong, School of Nursing, Dalhousie Univ., Halifax, Canada)
Chapter 6 - Vitamins E and C for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease; pp. 125-151
(F. Violi, R. Cangemi, L. Loffredo, IV Division of Clinical Medicine, Univ. of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy)
Chapter 7 - Aspirin Withdrawal in Patients with or at risk for Coronary Artery Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis;
pp. 153-170
(Giuseppe G. L. Biondi-Zoccai, Hemodynamics and Cardiovascular Interventions Service, Abano Terme Hospital, Abano Terme, Italy, Marzia Lotrionte, Institute of Cardiology, Catholic Univ., Rome, Italy, Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Dept. of Cardiology, AZ Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium)
Chapter 8 - Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in China; pp. 171-185
(Gang Hu, Zhijie Yu, Dept. of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki and Dept. of Public Health, Univ. of Helsinki, Finland, Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai, PR China)
Chapter 9 - Associations between Carbohydrate Intake and risk for Coronary Heart Disease, Insulin Resistance and the Metabolic Syndrome; pp. 187-201
(Maria Luz Fernandez, Dept. of Nutritional Sciences, Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, Marcela Vergara-Jimenez, Facultad de Ciencias Quimico-Biologicas, Univ. Autonoma de Sinaloa, Sinaloa, Mexico)
Chapter 10 - Vitamin B6, Homocysteine and Inflammation in Cardiovascular Disease; pp. 203-213
(Yi-Chia Huang, School of Nutrition, Chung Shan Medical Univ., Taichung, Taiwan)
Chapter 11 - Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM) with Particular Regard to Infective and Autoimmune Forms; pp. 215-225
(Agostino Pugliese, Dept of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Clinical Virology, Post Doc. School of Medicine, University of Turin, Italy, Tiziana Beltramo, Donato Torre)
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