Primordial Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease (en Inglés) - Urbina, Elaine M.; de Ferranti, Sarah

This book is the first authoritative and comprehensive volume presenting basic, translational and clinical research demonstrating the importance of primordial, primary and secondary prevention starting in childhood for the reduction of adult cardiovascular diseases. Chapters will various childhood cardiovascular risk factors that predict adult cardiovascular and other health conditions. The book will also cover lessons learned from longitudinal cardiovascular cohorts such as the Bogalusa Heart Study, the Young Finns Study, and the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. In addition, the book covers adolescent cohorts from low and middle-income countries. 

Primordial Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease will serve as the premier textbook for preventive cardiology across the lifespan and will serve as a valuable resource for physicians, residents, fellows and medical students in cardiology, primary care, and health promotion and disease prevention.