‘Cardiovascular Risk’ is the title of the new edition of Lidel, signed by Victor Gil , cardiologist and coordinator of the Cardiovascular Risk and Thrombosis Center at Hospital da Luz Torres de Lisboa , which has just been launched. Written with other physicians, which address the issue of cardiovascular risk in its various aspects, the book is intended for all physicians and other health professionals interested in and involved in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases, in particular physicians from General and Family Medicine, Cardiology and Internal Medicine, but also pharmacists, nutritionist nurses and physiologists , "considering that the improvement of knowledge will generate the improvement of practices", reads in the presentation of the work. “This book addresses cardiovascular risk from a multidisciplinary and integrated perspective, presented by some of the most distinguished Portuguese authors who are experts on these topics, and makes a rigorous and up-to-date reading, pointing to the adoption of healthy lifestyles and the timely correction of risk, tending to a longer and healthier life”, it is further stated, adding: “Cardiovascular diseases lead the causes of disability and death worldwide. In most cases, they are due to atherosclerosis, accumulation of fat and fibrous material in the walls of the arteries, obstructing them acutely or progressively. In addition to the known risk factors - high blood pressure, high cholesterol, tobacco, diabetes, and obesity - there is a set of factors that facilitate and condition risk, ranging from chronic inflammatory diseases and cancer to air pollution and climate change”. Topics covered in this book : Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Concept and evolution, by Victor Machado Gil; Lipids and Cardiovascular Risk, by Cristina Gavina and Victor Machado Gil; Tobacco and Cardiovascular Risk, by José Pedro Boléo-Tomé; Arterial Hypertension and Cardiovascular Risk, by Jorge Poland; Diabetes and Cardiovascular Risk, by Susana Heitor; Obesity and Cardiovascular Risk, by Daniel Macedo; Unconventional Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Mechanisms, by Cristina Gavina and Daniel Seabra; Inflammation, Thrombosis and Cardiovascular Risk, by Jorge Ferreira; Image in Cardiovascular Risk Assessment, by Pedro de Araújo Gonçalves; Lifestyles and Cardiovascular Risk, by Ana Teresa Timóteo.
