Cardiovascular medicine

This book documents the fascinating history of radiological techniques that use contrast agents.

This book is devoted to hypertension in children and adolescents, a clinical issue that - thanks to the strides made in several areas of pathophysiological and clinical research - has received growing interest in cardiovascular medicine over the last several years.

A concise, authoritative compilation of the essential knowledge needed to diagnose and manage cardiovascular diseaseA Doody s Core Title for 2021!

Pioneers in the field, the editors have assembled an excellent team of contributors with extensive experience of threatened vessel closure and restenosis, acute thrombosis, hyperproliferative cellular response, stents and local drug delivery.

Handbook of Endovascular Interventions presents a step-wise approach to the techniques of peripheral vascular interventions.

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in women and men worldwide and represents a major financial burden to world health care systems.

Venous disorders, while generally not life-threatening, affect millions worldwide, causing pain, disability and negatively impacting the lives of sufferers.

This book provides readers with the most up-to-date information on cutting-edge research concerning chronic inflammation.

Covering both noninvasive and surgical treatment alternatives, Critical Limb Ischemia defines practical guidelines for a multidisciplinary approach to critical limb ischemia and follows a step-by-step description of the latest techniques.

Primary angioplasty is a life-saving, minimally invasive emergency procedure increasingly used in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction.

This book provides a review of image analysis techniques as they are applied in the field of diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine.

What individuals consume in their diet has profound implications on their health.

This book provides comprehensive insights into congenital heart disease from embryonic development through to clinical features, including human genetics and our current knowledge of the underlying molecular pathways.

As the leading cause of adult disability, stroke poses substantial economic and psychological burdens to populations around the world.

It is indeed ironical that in the absence of a complete knowledge of Pathophysiology, clinical cardiologists are left with no choice but to do the best they can to help the patient with the armamentarium of drugs at their disposal.

There is much discussion in the field of interventional cardiovascular therapy as to what is the best approach to treating coronary bifurcation lesions.

Ancestral Diets and Nutrition supplies dietary advice based on the study of prehuman and human populations worldwide over the last two million years.

This practical resource shows the clinician how to handle and use the tools, devices, and implants required for endovascular interventions.

Now in its fourth edition, the Atlas of Heart Failure provides a comprehensive up-to-date overview of normal cardiac function, the mechanisms of dysfunction in heart failure, and the therapeutic approaches that are available to manage the syndrome.

Implantable defibrillators as originally conceived by Michel Mirowski were limited to the detection and automatic termination of ventricular fibrillation.

Dx-Direct is a series of eleven Thieme books covering the main subspecialties in radiology.

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Because stroke is essentially a disease of the vessels and blood flow, the most fundamental aspects of ischemic blood flow in the brain are under investigation by researchers.

This text provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art review of catheter based approaches to valve and aortic diseases.

Although carotid endarectomy (CEA) has long been considered the gold standard technique, recent studies report that short- and long-term results with carotid angioplasty and stenting(CAS) are comparable to those with CEA in a significant number of cases.

This book describes the role of basic and advanced imaging techniques in the diagnosis of different types of cardiomyopathy, including dilated cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, restrictive cardiomyopathy, arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy and infiltrative/storage cardiomyopathies.

In order to provide the latest and most sophisticated treatment the cardiology clinician must have current knowledge of a vast amount of translational research in the pathophysiology of these disorders as well as be aware of recent advances and issues in pharmacogenic and interventional therapies.

Die Praktische Duplexsonographie ist nicht als Konkurrenz zu umfangreichen Lehrbüchern der Doppler-, B-Bild- und Duplexsonographie, sondern speziell für die tägliche Praxis des Niedergelassenen gedacht.

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.

This book presents a series of illustrative cases to highlight the decision-making process in pursuing an interventional management strategy and the procedural details of performing catheter-based interventions in patients with adult congenital heart disease (ACHD).

For every physician that interprets ECGs, there is great need to understand a vast amount of information regarding the technique.

Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in developed countries.

New Techniques in Cardiothoracic Imaging emphasizes emerging methods in computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, positron-emission tomography, and similar technology.

The ciliopathies are a group of rare diseases that often affect multiple systems within the body, and are caused by defects in the function or structure of cilia.

Introduction by Bernhard Meier .

This book covers in detail all aspects of functional mitral and tricuspid regurgitation, from its pathophysiology and natural history, to its assessment, medical and surgical treatment, and long term results.

This atlas is a concise visual guide to the imaging of acquired heart disease in infants, children, and adolescents.

Traditional methods of medical education and training are changing rapidly.

Interpret, diagnose, and treat with this case-based atlas of congenital heart diseaseA Doody's Core Title for 2022!

In industrialized countries, ischemic heart disease is by far the most common organ-specific cause of death.

Quinones are members of a class of aromatic compounds with two oxygen atoms bonded to the ring as carbonyl groups.

The paradigm for atrial fibrillation (AF) management has changed significantly in recent years.

reached full definition in the 1940s by Kempner diet.