Obesity In Cardiovascular Disease – A Canadian Perspective

Friday, February 13, 2015

sharma-obesity-exercise2Anyone interested in the issue of obesity and cardiovascular disease may want to get a copy of the latest edition of the Canadian Journal of Cardiology, which includes a number of review articles and opinion pieces on a wide range of issues related to obesity and cardiovascular disease.

Here is the table of contents:

Lim SP, Arasaratnam P, Chow BJ, Beanlands RS, Hessian RC: Obesity and the challenges of noninvasive imaging for the detection of coronary artery disease.

Després JP. Obesity and cardiovascular disease: weight loss is not the only target.

Kramer CK. Weight loss is a useful therapeutic objective.

Garcia-Labbé D, Ruka E, Bertrand OF, Voisine P, Costerousse O, Poirier P. Obesity and Coronary Artery Disease: Evaluation and Treatment.

Lovren F, Teoh H, Verma S. Obesity and Atherosclerosis: Mechanistic Insights.

Sankaralingam S, Kim RB, Padwal RS. The Impact of Obesity on the Pharmacology of Medications Used for Cardiovascular Risk Factor Control.

Piché MÈ, Auclair A, Harvey J, Marceau S, Poirier P. How to Choose and Use Bariatric Surgery in 2015.

Valera B, Sohani Z, Rana A, Poirier P, Anand SS. The Ethnoepidemiology of Obesity.

McCrindle BW. Cardiovascular Consequences of Childhood Obesity.

St-Pierre J, Poirier P. What nature used to allow to die, don’t let modern habits damage after repair: preventable obesity risk in congenital heart disease.

Poirier P, McCrindle BW, Leiter LA. Obesity-it must not remain the neglected risk factor in cardiology.

Lang JJ, McNeil J, Tremblay MS, Saunders TJ. Sit less, stand more: A randomized point-of-decision prompt intervention to reduce sedentary time.

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