Cardiovascular medicine

This issue of Heart Failure Clinics, guest edited by Drs.

This book focuses on a new clinical algorithmic approach to acute patient care based on the combination of electrocardiography (ECG) and echocardiography performance and interpretation, now renamed: ECG-sonography or electrosonography.

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Nutritional management is an integral part of the management for virtually all gastrointestinal diseases.

Rapid advances in molecular medicine have led to pronounced new developments in experimental and clinical cardiology.

Der plötzliche Herzstillstand zählt weltweit zu den höchsten Todesursachen.

The first edition of this book, published in 2009, was the only book of its kind dedicated exclusively to the diagnosis and management of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD).

Aortic dissection affects approximately two in ten thousand individuals and can be fatal.

On 29 February 1964, a group of European scientists met in Paris to discuss a subject of common interest, namely atherosclerosis research, with particular reference to international communication and collaboration.

This proposed text is designed to provide a useful and comprehensive resource and state-of-the-art overview to readers about vascular damage  potentially induced by antineoplastic drugs.

Provides a comprehensive understanding of perioperative hemodynamic monitoring and goal directed therapy, emphasizing practical guidance for implementation at the bedside.

Accurately interpret cardiovascular images for fast, effective emergency managementThis unique combination atlas and text is a concise guide to acute care cardiovascular image interpretation for the diagnosis and management of emergency conditions.

Trends indicate that the metabolic syndrome will become the leading risk factor for heart disease.

Cardiac output has always been a subject of interest to both clinicians and researchers in different branches of medicine and surgery.

The field of functional foods along with their bioactive food components has grown tremendously over the past decades.

This volume reviews current and potential future therapies for arrhythmias.

Computed tomography of the heart has become a highly accurate diagnostic modality that is attracting increasing attention.

Interventional operators generally expect complications when the coronary anatomy is tortuous; however, it is normal anatomy with what appear angiographically as 'regular' lesions that can cause great difficulty and additional morbidity.

This extensively updated edition reviews current and potential future therapies for cardiac arrhythmias.

Die Ultraschall-Doppler-Untersuchung ist eine gefahrlose, wenig zeitaufwendige Methode, die leicht erlernt werden kann und gut reproduzierbare Ergebnisse mit hohem Aussagewert liefert.

The Complete Reference for Scimitar Syndrome: Anatomy, Epidemiology, Diagnosis and Treatment gives the complete picture of this rare syndrome that is usually treated with tactics such as imaging.

Often associated with artificial hearts, ventricular assist devices (VADs) are blood pumps that can provide circulatory assistance to the left ventricle, the right ventricle, or both.

This book provides a comprehensive review of the basic science of the mitral valve needed to begin to comprehend both normal and the failing valve.

Building on the success of the previous edition, this review book includes all of the original content plus several new chapters dedicated to the education and implementation of transthoracic echocardiography and point-of-care ultrasonography.

This book offers an extensive review of the most recent data on the pathophysiological role of structural and functional alterations in the microcirculation, particularly focusing on hypertension and diabetes.

This textbook provides a practical and board-driven resource to describe and define the emerging field of cardiorenal medicine.

Medical students encounter many challenges on their path to success, from managing their time, applying theory to practice, and passing exams.

Wer kennt es nicht – man ist mitten im Medizinstudium, hat zwar schon einiges, aber längst noch nicht alles gelernt und fühlt sich in Sachen Diagnosestellung alles andere als sattelfest.

This book reviews research on Dan Shen, compiles data from clinical trials and biological experiments, and summarizes the latest research advances.

Attention to reducing the major risk factors Contemporary coronary care involves a associated with the development of arterio- multitude of measures: efforts to prevent the sclerosis has been widespread and appears to acute event; thrombolytic therapy to abort have lowered the incidence of coronary artery infarction; pharmacological measures to delay disease.

Although atherosclerosis is the leading cause of death in the so-called affluent societies, there is presently no drug in our pharmacologic armamentarium against disease to either prevent or reverse this insidious killer and debilitant of human lives.

Everything you need to know about the latest cardiac devices and how to use them to diagnose and treat patients safely and effectivelyIn a critical care setting, time is often of the essence and there is no room for confusion about different cardiac devices-which are evolving at a rapid-pace.

Psychosomatic diagnostics and therapy are of increasing importance in the acute treatment, prevention and rehabilitation of cardiovascular diseases.

This is the first book to focus entirely on the role of pathology in cardiac transplantation, linked to the clinical perspective through clinical-pathological correlation, multidisciplinary team working, and collaborative research.

Fully revised and updated, the fourth edition of Cardiac Pacing and ICDs continues to be an accessible and practical clinical reference for residents, fellows, surgeons, nurses, PAs, and technicians.

Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is a ubiquitous and important messenger in the nervous system, with a wide range of physiological roles.

Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty is presently the widest used non-surgi- cal method for the treatment of stenotic lesions in coronary artery disease.

The chest radiograph is a ubiquitous, first-line investigation and accurate interpretation is often difficult.

Stress, high blood pressure, smoking, pollution, fast foods, overweight, excessive travelling, surgery, less movement are common features in our modern life.

This book provides an overview of the history, manifestations, and treatment of heart disease and heart rhythm disorders.

Addressing a topic of utmost importance in the field, this text addresses the epidemiology, diagnosis, assessment, and management of patients with metabolic syndrome-focusing on implications for cardiovascular disease risk.

This book introduces the latest research in molecular, cellular, and tissue engineering of the vascular system.

This book provides a comprehensive and practical guide to orthostatic hypotension (OH) for doctors and nurses involved in the care of older adults, together with a state-of-the-art update on OH, covering its epidemiology, pathophysiology, assessment, diagnosis, causes, prevention, management, and relevance for geriatric practice.

Myocardial viability has become one of the most important issues in clinical cardiology.