coronary arteries 41
diet and cardiovascular health
50
heart attack 58
heart failure 58
heart transplantation 63
heredity and heart disease 64
homocysteine 64
hyperlipidemia 64
IHD 70
medications to treat
cardiovascular disease 76
myocardial perfusion imaging
87
myocardium 88
obesity and cardiovascular
disease 90
platelet aggregation 163
PVD 96–97
smoking and cardiovascular
disease 105
corticosteroid medications
256–257, 256 t
asthma 188
atelectasis 190
berylliosis 192
bronchiectasis 195
candidiasis 315
cystic fibrosis and the lungs 202
encephalitis 323
5ASA medications 260
food allergies 261
graft vs.host disease 264
hypersensitivity reaction 270
immunosuppressive medications
276
multiple myeloma 158
corticosteroid medications (anti-
inflammatory medications)
256–257
cortisol 256, 257, 266
cough
atelectasis 190
bronchiectasis 195
bronchitis 196
interstitial lung disorders 205
lung abscess 208
pertussis 348, 349
pleurisy 218
pneumoconiosis 219
pneumonitis 222
pneumothorax 223
silicosis 229
sputum 231
Coumadin. Seewarfarin
COX. Seecyclooxygenase
coxsackievirus 95, 221
CPAP (continuous positive airway
pressure) 214, 223
CPR. Seecardiopulmonary
resuscitation
crackles (rales) 195, 224
c-reactive protein 45–46,136, 163,
291, 302
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)
128, 350
CRT (cardiac resynchronization
therapy) 31
cryptococcosis 319–320, 320 t
cryptosporidiosis 320
CSFs. Seecolony-stimulating factors
CVD. Seecardiovascular disease
CVID (common variable
immunodeficiency) 255
CWP. Seecoal worker’s
pneumoconiosis
cyanosis 46
asbestosis 185
congenital heart disease 37, 39
hypoxia 205
methemoglobinemia 156
pneumothorax 223
Raynaud’s syndrome 101
cyclooxygenase (COX) 286, 287,
290
cyclosporiasis 320
cyclosporine 258, 270, 275–276
cyst 306–307, 320, 329, 348, 357
cystic fibrosis and the lungs 191,
199, 201–202,205, 216, 226
cytokines 257, 257 t
antibody-mediated immunity
246
antihistamine medications 247
cell-mediated immunity 253
DMARDs 258
EPO 137
5ASA medications 260
granulocyte 138
granuloma 265
histamine 266
immunotherapy 276
inflammation 277
interferons 278
interleukins 278
lymph 120
lymphokines 280–281
monokines 283
mononuclear phagocyte system
284
pain management in cancer
386psychoneuroimmunology 290
T-cell lymphocyte 296
TGFs 296–297
TNFs 297
cytomegalovirus (CMV) 274,
320–321
cytotoxic reaction. Seetype II
hypersensitivity reaction
cytotoxic T-cells 253, 296D
DASH eating plan 47
decompression sickness 205, 216,
217
deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
47–48,78, 110, 115, 136, 225,
226
defibrillation 23, 34, 47,57, 116
dehydration 317, 320, 324, 327
delayed-type hypersensitivity
(DTH) reaction. Seetype IV
hypersensitivity reaction
deoxygenated blood 4, 7, 115, 115
depression 30, 257
desensitization 258
allergen 240
allergic asthma 240
allergic rhinitis 243
allergy testing 244
anaphylaxis 244
food allergies 261
hypersensitivity reaction 271
diabetes
atherosclerosis 22
blood disorders 121
body shape and cardiovascular
health 25
CAD 45
candidiasis 315
cardiac rehabilitation 30
congenital heart disease 40
CVD 34
healing 266
hypertension 66
immune system 238
immunocompromised 274
immunodeficiency 274
influenza 339
lifestyle and cardiovascular
health 73
necrotizing fasciitis 346
obesity and cardiovascular
disease 90
PVD 96
stroke 108
triglyceride blood level 112Index 411