An advocate for routine screening for lipid disorders in young children to prevent cardiovascular disease, a leading cause of death in adulthood, Peter Kwiterovich, director of the Johns Hopkins Lipid Clinic, has written a comprehensive textbook on all aspects of caring for children and adults with such disorders. The Johns Hopkins Textbook of Dyslipidemia was published last month, October 2009, by Wolters Kluwer.  

Kwiterovich combines the latest scientific advances with a practical approach to the management of lipoprotein disorders. His audience is at once the medical community and those interested in an in-depth explanation of their dyslipidemia. “Unique among other volumes," he says, “the Johns Hopkins Textbook of Dyslipidemia details the pathophysiology of the main lipoprotein disorders, with careful attention paid to physical findings and appropriate dietary and therapeutic management.”

The textbook covers all aspects of dyslipidemia as it relates to human disease, including coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular disease, peripheral vascular disease, and pancreatitis. Reflecting current guidelines from the National Cholesterol Education Program, the book explains why, when, and how to treat dyslipidemia. Additionally, says Kwiterovich, it “condenses the explosion of knowledge in disorders of lipoprotein metabolism, discusses both traditional and on-traditional risk factors for atherosclerosis and emphasizes the importance of dietary saturated fat, trans fat and fish oil.”

 Kwiterovich received his medical degree from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He trained in pediatrics at Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Boston, and at the Molecular Disease Branch of the National Heart and Lung Institute in Bethesda, Md., and Johns Hopkins. 

The textbook is available at Barnes and Noble and Amazon, among other outlets.