Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease. Nutritional and Dietary Approaches

Preface: Epidemiology and Basic Pathophysiology of Atherosclerosis and CVD

Part I. General Considerations for Diet in Cardiovascular Health

Chapter 1. Diet and Nutrition in the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: A Comprehensive Review of Current Evidence, Controversies, and Advice for the Practicing Clinician
Authors: Michael Wilkinson (UCSD), Michael Garshick (NYU), Pam Taub (UCSD)
Chapter 2. Role of Dietary Nutrition, Vitamins, and Nutrients in CV Health (Including Biomarkers of Nutrition
Penny M. Kris-Etherton (Penn State)
Chapter 3. The Mediterranean Diet
Emilio Ros (PREDIMED (Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Servicio de Endocrinologia y Nutricion))
Chapter 4. Dietary Approach to Hypertension, Dietary Sodium, and the DASH Diet for CV Health
Frank Sacks (Harvard: Chair of the Design Committee of the DASH study, Chair of the Steering Committee for the DASH-Sodium trial)
Chapter 5. Diet Trends: Ketogenic Diet, Low-carb Diets, Paleo Diet
James O'Keefe Jr (St Luke's Mid America Heart Institute)
Chapter 6. Overview of Plant-based Diets
Caldwell Esselstyn (Cleveland Clinic)
Chapter 7. Low-fat Diet Styles, Including the Ornish and Pritikin Diets
Hannah Lo (UCSD) and Dean Ornish (UCSF)
Chapter 8. Plant-based Oils
Anne Goldberg (Wash U in St. Louis)

Part II. Diet Considerations for Obesity and Cardiometabolic Disease

Chapter 9. Dietary Strategies to Promote Weight Loss, Including Caloric Restriction as a Dietary Strategy, Bariatric Surgery, Adiposopathy and Dietary Strategies to Promote Loss of Visceral and Ectopic Fat
Jose Aleman (NYU) and Holly Lofton (NYU)
Chapter 10. Intermittent Fasting for CV Health
Michael Wilkinson (UCSD) and Elizabeth Epstein (UCSD)
Chapter 11. Optimal Diet for Metabolic Syndrome to Prevent Progression to Diabetes
Larry Sperling (Emory)
Chapter 12. Optimal Diet for Diabetes
Ira Goldberg (NYU)
(Alternate) Amit Majithia (UCSD)
Chapter 13. Dietary Approaches to Inflammation
Michael Garshick (NYU) with Nehal Mehta (NIH) or Paul Ridker (Brigham and Women's Hospital)

Part III. Dietary Considerations for Common Lipid Disorders

Chapter 14. Dietary Approaches to Lowering LDL-C
Michael Davidson (U Chicago) and Lane Benes (U Chicago)
Chapter 15. Dietary Approaches to Lowering Triglycerides
Howard Weintraub (NYU)

Part IV. Additional Topics for Diet and Nutrition in Cardiovascular Disease

Chapter 16. E-health and the Use of Mobile Devices and Smartphone Apps to Promote Heart-healthy Diets
Jonathan Dodson (NYU)
Chapter 17. Role of the Microbiome in CV Disease
Stanley Hazen (Cleveland Clinic)
Chapter 18. Dietary Considerations in CV Diseases: CHF
Chapter 19. Dietary Considerations in CV Diseases: Arrhythmia
Chapter 20. Dietary Considerations in the Elderly and Cardiovascular Health

This book discusses all aspects of non-pharmacologic approaches to primary and secondary CVD prevention. It highlights the strength of evidence for particular diet styles in CVD prevention, including plant-based diets, the Mediterranean diet, the DASH diet, and low-carbohydrate diets. Chapters present evidence and future directions for diet and nutrition in diseases related to CVD, such as dyslipidemia, cardiometabolic disease (pre-diabetes, the metabolic syndrome, type-2 diabetes mellitus), and obesity. Finally, the book reviews novel and emerging aspects of dietary intervention in CVD prevention, such as dietary approaches to inflammation and the role of the microbiome in CVD.

Up-to-date, evidence-based, and clinically oriented, Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease: Nutritional and Dietary Approaches is an essential resource for physicians, residents, fellows, and medical students in cardiology, clinical nutrition, family medicine, endocrinology, and lipidology.

Author Information

Michael J. Wilkinson, MD Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine,University of California San DiegoSan Diego, CA USA

Michael Garshick, MD, MS Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine,New York University Langone HealthNew York, NY USA

Pam R. Taub, MD, FACC Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California San DiegoSan Diego, CA USA