Atherosclerosis and Oxidant Stress. a New Perspective

About this book

Vascular injury is initiated by oxidant injury to the vessel wall. This volume is organized around the role of oxidant damage in this disease process and provides a collection of the most recent studies, representing various disciplines, that can serve as the basis for further improvements in our understanding and control of cardiovascular and cerebral vascular disease.

Jordan L. Holtzman, M.D., Ph.D. is Professor, Departments of Pharmacology and Medicine and Division of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Written for:

Cardiologists, cardiac researchers

Keywords:

• Mediterranean Diet
• cardiovascular disease
• cerebral vascular disease

Table of contents

Preface.- The Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis and Plaque Instability.- Epidemiological Studies on Atherosclerosis: The Role of the Mediterranean Diet i the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease.- Interventional Trials of Antioxidants.- Oxidative Stress in Arterial Hypertenison: Oxidative Stress and Hypertension.- Lipids, Oxidation and Cardiovascular Disease.- Nuclear Receptors in the Control of Lipid Metabolism.- Diabetes ad Oxidant Stress.- Molecular Mechanisms of Environmental Atherogenesis.- The Role of Glutathione Pathways in the Prevention of Atherosclerosis.- Index.