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"Diabetes has reached epidemic proportions, and the cardiovascular complications of diabetes are life-threatening and disabling. This book is unique in providing a simple explanation of the biochemical role of PKC in diabetes complications, which allows clinicians to understand …
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"Acute Cardiac Care provides nurses with a comprehensive understanding of the current practice and principles underlying the care and management of acute cardiac conditions. It addresses the management of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) with an emphasis on evidence-based pharmaco…
The aim of the 4th edition of the Atlas of Nuclear Cardiology is to provide physicians and students in cardiology, radiology, and nuclear medicine who want the latest information in the field of cardiovascular nuclear medicine up-to-date and comprehensive information on advances…
"Provides basic consumer health information about risk factors, diagnosis, and treatment of heart and vascular diseases and disorders, along with prevention strategies and tips for maintaining heart health. Includes index, glossary of related terms, and other resources"--Provide…
The book presents recent advances in signal processing techniques for modeling, analysis, and understanding of the heart's electrical activity during atrial fibrillation. This arrhythmia is the most commonly encountered in clinical practice and its complex and metamorphic nature…
Cardiac autopsy and cardiac examinationThe coronary arteries atherosclerosis and ischaemic heart diseaseValve diseaseInfective endocarditisCardiac hypertrophy, heart failure and cardiomyopathyMyocarditisCardiac tumoursDiseases of the aortaDeaths following cardiac surgery and inv…
Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is a tomographic imaging modality performed during coronary angiography that allows the simultaneous assessment of lumen, vessel wall, and atherosclerotic plaque. IVUS has been established as the method of choice for the detection and serial obser…
Over the past few years a remarkably rapid evolution in the professional level of neonatology and in the survival of immature infants has been witnessed. Persisting ductus arteriosus is common in this population and is associated with impaired longterm outcome. Many uncertaintie…
Unique in its focus on this particular field of cardiovascular science, "Molecular Mechanisms of Cardiac Hypertrophy and Failure" reviews current knowledge of the mechanisms contributing to heart failure. Bringing together an internationally renowned team of contributors, the te…
The advances made in vascular biology in the last 25 years have considerably changed the perception that one could have of the endothelial cells. Once considered as a diffusion barrier preventing the access of the blood cells to the vascular matrix, the endothelium is now recogn…
The debate over whether carotid and angioplasty and stenting are superior to surgical carotid endarterectomy continues. This book addresses current controversies, as well as offers the reader guidance as to which techniques could be used.
