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Author:

Jairath, Nalini.

Title:

Coronary heart disease & risk factor management : a nursing perspective / Nalini Jairath.

Publisher:

W.B. Saunders,

Copyright Date:

c1999

Description:

xvi, 327 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Subject:

Coronary heart disease--Risk factors.
Coronary heart disease--Prevention.
Coronary heart disease--Nursing.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Pt.1. Fundamentals of risk reduction. Risk and coronary heart disease -- The pathogenesis of atherosclerosis -- Concepts and theoretical models -- Nursing assessment -- Communicating risk to patients. Pt.2. Individual risk factors. Dietary factors -- Smoking cessation -- Physical activity -- Blood pressure regulation -- Stress management. Pt.3. Special topics. Diabetes -- Cardioprotective agents: antioxidants and alcohol
-- Children and coronary heart disease -- Women and coronary heart disease -- Ethnicity and coronary heart disease -- Radiation-induced coronary artery disease.

ISBN:

9780721668550
0721668550

OCLC:

(OCoLC)39625428

LCCN:

98036804

Locations:

N4AX745 -- Iowa Lakes Community College Library - Emmetsburg (Emmetsburg)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PHAX277 -- Graceland University - Frederick Madison Smith Library (Lamoni)