1st Edition
Integrating Lifestyle Medicine in Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States and around the world. Major risk factors for CVD result from poor lifestyle habits and practices, but the area of lifestyle medicine has emerged to help clinicians and their patients understand the power of positive lifestyle habits and actions.
Written by cardiologist and lifestyle medicine pioneer, Dr. James Rippe, Integrating Lifestyle Medicine in Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention introduces the principles of lifestyle medicine with the practice of cardiology to help lower the risk of heart disease and, if already present, assist in its treatment. This book provides evidence-based information on both the prevention and treatment of CVD through lifestyle measures such as regular physical activity, sound nutrition, weight management and avoidance of tobacco products. This information aids physicians and patients to better understand multiple linkages between poor habits and practices, employing them with associated behavioral techniques to lessen the likelihood of developing CVD.
Features:
Summarizes major issues in CVD including heart attack, stroke, atrial fibrillation, high blood pressure, lipid abnormalities and obesity.
Provides protocols for overcoming a sedentary lifestyle and using lifestyle medicine techniques to optimize brain health.
Empowers clinicians with vital information for consultations on the power of lifestyle medicine practices, both to treat symptoms if already present or to prevent major components of CVD from developing in the future.
Written for practitioners at all levels, this user-friendly volume in the Lifestyle Medicine series is valuable to practitioners in general medicine or subspecialty practices including lifestyle medicine and cardiology.
Part 1: Lifestyle Medicine as an Approach to Cardiovascular Disease 1 Overview of Lifestyle Medicine and Cardiovascular Health and Disease 2 Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease 3 Lifestyle Medicine Focused History and Physical Exam for Cardiovascular Disease 4 Lifestyle Medicine, Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Disease 5 Lifestyle Medicine, Nutrition and Cardiovascular Disease 6 Lifestyle Medicine, Weight Management and Obesity 7 Lifestyle Medicine, Tobacco Cessation and Cardiovascular Disease 8 Psychiatric and Behavioral Aspects of Cardiovascular Disease 9 Sleep and Cardiovascular Disease Part 2: Assessment in Treating Cardiovascular Risk Factors 10 Framework for Assessing Risk Factors 11 Lifestyle Medicine and Atherosclerosis 12 Lifestyle Strategies for Managing Dyslipidemias 13 Lifestyle Management and Prevention of Hypertension 14 Peripheral Artery Disease 15 Ischemic Heart Disease 16 Approach to the Patient with Chest Pain 17 Carotid Artery Disease and Stoke 18 Diabetes, Pre-Diabetes, MetS and Cardiovascular Disease 19 Sedentary Behavior in Cardiovascular Disease 20 Cardiovascular Disease and Optimal Brain Health Part 3: Specialized Topics 21 Women and Cardiovascular Disease 22 Risk Factor Reduction in Children 23 Genetics, Epigenetics and Precision Medicine 24 Reversing Heart Disease 25 The Future of Lifestyle Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease: Research and Applications
Biography
Dr. James M. Rippe is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Medical School with postgraduate training at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is currently the Founder and Director of the Rippe Lifestyle Institute and Professor of Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
Over the past 25 years Dr. Rippe has established and run the largest research organization in the world exploring how daily habits and actions impact short- and long-term health and quality of life. This organization, Rippe Lifestyle Institute (RLI), has published hundreds of papers that form the scientific basis for the fields of lifestyle medicine and high-performance health. RLI also conducts numerous studies every year on physical activity, nutrition, and healthy weight management. A lifelong and avid athlete, Dr. Rippe maintains his personal fitness with a regular walk, jog, swimming, and weight training program. He holds a black belt in karate and is an avid wind surfer, skier, and tennis player. He lives outside of Boston with his wife Stephanie Hart—television news anchor—and their four children, Hart, Jaelin, Devon, and Jamie.
The quality of the book is very good. It does a very good job of addressing the target audience as well. I encourage anyone to read this book to understand the value of lifestyle changes in preventing cardiovascular disease. - Manar H. Jbara, MD (East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine)
