Clinical Manual of Total Cardiovascular Risk

• Main Author: Poulter, Neil R. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2009.
• Subjects: Medicine.; General practice (Medicine).; Internal medicine.; Cardiology.; Diabetes.; Endocrinology.; Hematology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Internal Medicine.; General Practice / Family Medicine.

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Western industrialized countries. The management of non-fatal stroke and heart attack consumes a major proportion of current healthcare budgets and has a huge detrimental impact on quality of life for both patients and their...