Diet and atherosclerosis : [proceedings of the International Course on Diet and Atherosclerosis, held in Rome, Italy, November 1-3, 1973

After the success of the two previous meetings on Typing of Hyperlipoproteinemias, in Milan in 1971 and in Rome in 1972, an important part of each of which was devoted to the discussion of therapy, the Italian Society for the Study of Atherosclerosis, the Institute Superiore di Sanita, and the Fondazione Giovanni Lorenzini planned a special treatment of this important topic. This meeting was held in Rome in November 1973 at the Istituto Superiore di Sanita. On this occasion the most important subjects developed in recent years by the most qualified centers of experimental and clinical research were reported. A broad discussion took place regarding the role of diet in causing or worsening the biohumoral changes and the lesions peculiar to arteriosclerosis, while other distinguished authors reported on the role of diet in delaying or correcting the dyslipidemic state. Front Matter....Pages i-x Some Aspects of the Control of Lipid Biosynthesis....Pages 1-12 The Relationship of Diet and Atherosclerosis in Diabetic Macaca Nigra ....Pages 13-31 The Effects of Physical Exercise in Reversing Experimental Atherosclerosis....Pages 33-56 Diet and Human Atherosclerosis — Carbohydrates....Pages 57-64 The Effects of Feeding Various Dietary Fats on the Development and Regression of Hypercholesterolemia and Atherosclerosis....Pages 65-76 Drugs and Foods on Contraction of Endothelial Cells as a Key Mechanism in Atherogenesis and Treatment of Atherosclerosis with Endothelial-Cell Relaxants (Cyclic AMP Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors)....Pages 77-105 The Effects of Lipids and Fatty Acids on Blood Coagulation and Platelets in Relation to Thrombosis....Pages 107-118 Diagnostic Methods for the Study of Human Atherosclerosis....Pages 119-124 Diet-Related Risk Factors for Human Atherosclerosis: Hyperlipidemia, Hypertension, Hyperglycemia — Current Status....Pages 125-158 Diet and Plasma Lipids....Pages 159-170 Outlines of Dietary Prevention of Atherosclerosis....Pages 171-189 The Influence of Dietary Fats on Hypercoagulation and Thrombosis....Pages 191-204 Prevention of Atherosclerosis by Diet Present State and Conclusions....Pages 205-230 The Effects of Feeding Various Carbohydrates on the Development of Hypercholesterolemia and Atherosclerosis....Pages 231-249 Back Matter....Pages 251-255