Cardiovascular medicine

Bridging the gap between the laboratory and the bedside, this timely volume illuminates the connection between endothelial dysfunction and vascular disease.

This second editionis a ground-breaking clinical text with a strong emphasis on rigorous evidence.

Exhaustive in its scope, this book provides a comprehensive study of the natural and modified history of congenital heart disease.

The rapidly growing population of adults surviving with congenital heart lesions along with the success of interventional cardiology in the child and adolescent has spawned an incredible interest in adapting the technology for the adult congenital patients.

This highly practical diagnostic tool is an indispensable resource for both the office and the noninvasive cardiovascular laboratory.

"e;This book will be useful for all physicians involved in cardiac imaging, whether they are in radiology, nuclear medicine, or cardiology, and should be mandatory for physicians engaged in gated cardiac SPECT.

Finally, a convenient, one-volume summary of current knowledge on an area of increasing importance!

Recently, there has been a growing awareness of the multiple interrelationships between depression and various physical diseases.

Cardiac Arrhythmia Management: A Practical Guide for Nurses and Allied Professionals provides a much-needed resource for nurses and other professionals who work directly with patients being treated for cardiac arrhythmias.

Cardiac Arrhythmia Management: A Practical Guide for Nurses and Allied Professionals provides a much-needed resource for nurses and other professionals who work directly with patients being treated for cardiac arrhythmias.

This book assists scientists, toxicologists, clinicians, and public health regulators to understand the complex issues that determine the impact of air pollution on the cardiovascular system.

This book assists scientists, toxicologists, clinicians, and public health regulators to understand the complex issues that determine the impact of air pollution on the cardiovascular system.

The pacemaking and conduction system (PCS) is vital for generating and synchronizing the heart beat.

Recent studies have shown that the heart possesses an intrinsic renin angiotensin system that is controlled by tissue-specific parameters that are activated by biomechanical stress.

Chest Pain: Advanced Assessment and Management promotes a systematic approach to the assessment and management of patients presenting with chest pain and related undifferentiated symptoms.

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With the rapid development of the field of cardiac biomarkers comes a need for updated guidance on how to use them clinically.

Transoesophageal Echocardiography (TOE) has a major impact on patient management during the perioperative period.

Based on a major systematic review from international centres this concise text discusses the benefits of managing stroke patients in specialised units compared to management outside the hospital.

Resynchronization and Defibrillation for Heart Failure: A Practical Approach is one of the first texts to provide caregivers with information about the background and application of this new and rapidly expanding discipline.

Rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm is one of the leading causes of death.

Finally, a pacing book dedicated to the adult patient with CHD.

What the practicing cardiologist really needs is a text that emphasizes unbiased, up to date information and that places this information into an appropriate context.

Heart failure is a condition that often results in chronic tiredness and shortness of breath.

Cardiothoracic Care for Children and Young People is a comprehensive and interprofessional guide aimed at all healthcare professionals working with children and young people with Congenital Heart Disease.

Acute Coronary Syndrome covers the spectrum of clinical conditions ranging from unstable angina to non-ST elevation myocardial infarction and ST elevation myocardial infarction.

This book covers fully the unique needs of patients in a UK setting.

Heart failure is effectively a disease of older people.

How can prenatal testing help your patients?

The advances in technology surrounding pacemakers has led to an inevitable increase in the complexity of ECG interpretation of pacemaker-generated rhythms.

The third edition of 150 Practice ECGs: Interpretation and Review combines practice tracings with clinical cardiology, providing students with the practical knowledge necessary to read, interpret, and understand ECGs.

In recent years, catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation has become a widespread treatment modality in electrophysiology laboratories all over the world.

This brief guide to visual diagnosis helps the novice develop -- and the veteran refresh -- crucial skills that can spare the patient unnecessary testing and bring the physician one step closer to an accurate diagnosis.

If you plan to take the Vascular Medicine Board Examination, this book is essential.

This easy-to-use manual provides a practical framework for a multi-disciplinary team to deliver a successful cardiac rehabilitation programme.

Written primarily with nurses in mind, this book provides a comprehensive overview of venous thromboembolism, a condition that rears its head regardless of specialty, killing thousands of people around the world in hospital beds and in the community alike.

This volume presents a fresh international perspective on current approaches to treating heart failure.

Some drugs which are not aimed at treating heart disease have nevertheless been found to have profound effects on heart muscle.

PROFILES POTENTIAL TREATMENT APPROACHES FOR CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS Cardiac arrhythmias of ventricular origin are responsible for the deaths of nearly half a million Americans each year while atrial fibrillation accounts for about 2.

Both timely and topical, this book examines the most important aspects of the relationship between alcohol consumption and health.

The formation of blood vessels is an essential aspect of embryogenesis in vertebrates.

This book addresses all the issues a patient may experience prior to receiving a VAD.

Over 10 years after the publication of the second edition, Wiley now publishes the third edition of the popular volume Surgery for Congenital Heart Defects.

More Than 3 Million American Medical Association Books Sold.

Cardiac intervention is a fast expanding field of medicine that is reducing the need for cardiac surgery.

While most books focus solely on the role of cholesterol in heart disease, Reverse Heart Disease Now draws on new research that points to the surprising other causes.

Part of the prestigious Novartis Foundation series, this volume uniquely addresses the use of innate immunity to treat or prevent infectious diseases of the lung.

The availability of well-defined genetic strains and the ability to create transgenic and knockout mice makes mouse models extremely valuable biomedical tools.

This book provides physiotherapists and exercise professionals with a comprehensive resource on the exercise components and skills of constructing and teaching CR exercise.