Anchored by a consistent emphasis on the patient, the Clinical Medicine Series is a vital resource for anyone in the primary care setting, the hospital, or the ambulatory setting. Inside each volume, busy practitioners will find up-to-the-minute patient management advice that no other source can match. And when you factor in the series' affordable price, quick-scan design, and internationally renowned authorship, it's easy to see why the Clinical Medical Series will be first on any dedicated professional's reading list. -- For cardiologists and primary care physicians, this is a critical summary of the extensive literature on heart disease risk factors and prevention-- Offers clear clinical strategies to successfully screen, identify, and control cardiovascular risk factors-- Highlights include smoking cessation, evaluation of family history, obesity and weight control, hypertension, gender and ethnic factors, and prevention in youth-- Each chapter provides evidence-based protocols for reducing the risk of heart disease and secondary episodes.