Main description:

This book examines the links between physical activity (PA), cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), and cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. It presents an overview of the role of PA and CRF in the prevention and management of risk factors associated with cardiometabolic diseases such as hypertension, peripheral vascular disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, dyslipidemia, obesity, and atherosclerosis. In addition, it explores how these risks vary with different populations such as the elderly and people of various racial backgrounds. The book also highlights risks associated with exercise and presents a prescription for appropriate and efficacious exercise to minimize risk and maximize health benefits for the heart. Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Prevention and Management of Cardiometabolic Disease is an essential resource for physicians, exercise physiologists, medical students, residents, fellows, nurses, and researchers in cardiology, cardiorespiratory fitness, exercise science, health promotion and disease prevention, public health, and epidemiology.

Contents:

Chapter 1 - Physical Activity, Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Health: A Historical Perspective - Peter Kokkinos and Jonathan Myers

Chapter 2 - Exercise, Gene Regulation and Cardiometabolic Disease - Mark A. Chapman and Carl Johan Sundberg

Chapter 3 - Exercise and the Mitochondria - Eva-Karin Gidlund

Chapter 4 - Effects of Exercise on Adult Stem Cells - Nabanita Kundu, Cleyton C. Domingues and Sabyasachi Sen

Chapter 5 - Exercise Metabolism in Health and Disease - Anastassios Philippou, Costas Chryssanthop ulos, Maria Maridaki, George Dimitriadis and Michael Koutsilieris

Chapter 6 - Exercise and the Endothelium - Joshua C. Tremblay and Kyra E. Pyke

Chapter 7 - Exertion-Related Acute Cardiovascular Events: Pathophysiologic Considerations, Risk Modulators, and Prophylactic Interventions - Barry A. Franklin and Peter Kokkinos

Chapter 8 - Exercise and Blood Pressure Control in Hypertension - Hayley V. MacDonald and Linda S. Pescatello

Chapter 9 - Role of Physical Activity, Exercise and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Management of Resistant Hypertension - Puneet Narayan and Anubhav Kumar

Chapter 10 - Physical Activity, Blood Pressure and Cardiac Structure and Function - Peter Kokkinos

Chapter 11 - Physical Activity, Cardiorespiratory Fitness, and the Diabetes Spectrum - Eric S. Nylen and Peter Kokkinos

Chapter 12 - Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Physical Activity and Metabolic Syndrome - Eric S. Nylen, Shruti M. Gandhi and Raj Lakshman

Chapter 13 - Exercise Interventions in Patients with Diabetes and Peripheral Artery Disease - Mary M. McDermott

Chapter 14 - Physical Activity, Cardiorespiratory Fitness, and Obesity - Louise de Lannoy and Robert Ross

Chapter 15 - The Obesity Paradox and Cardiorespiratory Fitness - Michelle Phuong Nguyen, Sergey Kachur and Carl J. Lavie

Chapter 16 - Physical Activity, Exercise, and Lipids and Lipoproteins - J. Larry Durstine, Elizabeth Anderson, Ryan R. Porter and Xuewen Wang

Chapter 17 - Physical Activity, Fitness and Coronary Heart Disease - Michael J. LaMonte

Chapter 18 - Physical Activity and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Heart Failure - Jonathan Myers

Chapter 19 - Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Physical Activity and Stroke - Steven P. Hooker and Michelle N. McDonnell

Chapter 20 - Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Physical Activity and Incidence of Atrial Fibrillation - Apostolos Tsimploulis, Andreas Pittaras and Charles Faselis

Chapter 21 - Chronic Kidney Disease and Physical Activity - Anubhav Kumar, Puneet Narayan and Peter Kokkinos

Chapter 22 - Physical Activity, Fitness and Sexual Dysfunction - Konstantinos P. Imprialos, Konstantinos Stavropoulos and Michael Doumas

Chapter 23 - Cardiorespiratory Fitness in the Context of Cardiac Rehabilitation - Jonathan K. Ehrman

Chapter 24 - Physical Activity and Cardiometabolic Health Benefits in Children - Konstantinos D. Tambalis and Labros S. Sidossis

Chapter 25 - Association Between Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Health Care Costs - Jonathan Myers