Cardiovascular medicine

Textbook of Angiology aims to provide the reader with a fully integrated view of medical and surgical aspects of both vascular and cardiovascular disease.

Cardiovascular disease is currently the leading cause of death of pregnant and postpartum women in the United States.

This book focuses on placental bed disorders and the role they play in normal and complicated pregnancies.

This volume discusses the many ways to prevent, identify and control hypertension in African Americans, a common and potent risk factor for virtually all forms of cardiovascular-renal diseases.

Mathematical models stated as systems of partial differential equations (PDEs) are broadly used in biology, chemistry, physics and medicine (physiology).

There have been many books written on the subject of obesity, but most have approached the topic from the standpoint of the nutritionist, concluding from the somewhat fallacious evidence of changes in body mass that exercise has little place in the prevention or the treatment of obesity.

This handy workbook covers the essential components of electrocardiography (ECG or EKG) and is useful in helping the reader identify a number of conditions, including arrhythmias, conduction blocks and heart attacks.

Numerous studies have documented the importance of diastolic dysfunction in heart disease.

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reached full definition in the 1940s by Kempner diet.

The Stressed Heart is truly unique in concept and will provide an eXCItmg adventure to the reader no matter what his or her field of expertise and interest.

Cardiac disease is the major cause of death in dialysis patients, accounting for over one third of deaths.

I've worked as a doctor for over twenty years, caring for patients who are in the thick fog between life and death.

The Ischemic Penumbra presents the current status of concepts and research on this topic and identifies the latest methods for clinicians to quickly and efficiently recognize viable cerebral tissue for enhanced stroke management.

Practical Manual of Echocardiography in the Urgent Setting In the acute care setting, medicine happens at full speed and with little margin for error.

Since the creation of the American Board of Clinical Lipidology, many clinicians have wanted an up-to-date, comprehensive reference on lipidology.

This concise, lucid textbook provides a basis for understanding the function of the respiratory system and a framework for the treatment of many respiratory diseases.

This title reviews current knowledge of the mechanisms contributing to heart failure.

The volumes in this authoritative series present a multidisciplinary approach to modeling and simulation of flows in the cardiovascular and ventilatory systems, especially multiscale modeling and coupled simulations.

This new account of the pathogenesis of essential hypertension (EH) represents a detailed analysis of the main components of the circulatory control system.

Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a broad category of lung diseases that includes more than 150 disorders characterized by scarring or fibrosis of the lungs.

This concise book meets the market need for an accessible and up-to-date guide on understanding and managing cardiac anesthesia patients.

Atherosclerosis is the most significant cause of cardiovascular disease worldwide.

We emerged after millions of years of evolution, first in the rainforest and then in the dry savanna bush.

A companion book to Adult Congenital Heart Disease that will concentrate on the practical management of children with heart conditions.

Practical clinical handbook reviewing all aspects of the diagnosis and management of intra-abdominal hypertension; essential reading for all critical care staff.

Neuroendocrinology is a discipline which originated about 50 years ago as a branch of Endocrinology and that is now strictly linked to neuroscience.

Potassium channels (K+) are membrane-spanning proteins which serve many important functions and are becoming a hot topic in physiology.

A recording of new discoveries based on experimental findings, this monograph is dedicated to examining the function of the atrial diastole of the human heart.

This title was originally published in 1970.

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

As longevity increases, the scope of cardiac disorders extends more widely in the sixth decade and onward into the seventh and subse- quent decades.

Venous Ultrasound 2e is the essential text for anyone involved in the treatment of chronic venous disease.

With its easy accessibility, low cost, and ability to deliver, essential bedside information about the cardiac structure and function, echocardiography has become one of the most relied-upon diagnostic tools in clinical medicine.

Interpreting an ECG correctly and working out what to do next can seem like a daunting task to the non-specialist, yet it is a skill that will be invaluable to any doctor, nurse or paramedic when evaluating the condition of a patient.

ENHANCE YOUR CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS AND IMPROVE PATIENT CARE WITH THIS CONCISE CASE-BASED REVIEWExperience with clinical cases is key to mastering the art and science of medicine and ultimately to providing patients with competent clinical care.

The discovery of biological activity associated with flavonoid contaminants in vitamin C preparations from bell peppers and lemons by Szent-Gyorgyi and his associates opened a floodgate of research into the biological functions of this ubiquitous and diverse group of compounds.

Cardiac Cellular Electrophysiology is intended for the clinical cardiologist who wishes to refresh or deepen his understanding of the cellular basis of cardiac electrophysiology, for researchers interested in the basis of the electrical activity of the heart, such as clinical investigators, physiologists or pharmacologists, for teachers in physiology, pharmacology and other biomedical studies, and for medical students from graduate to postgraduate level.

The objective of this text is to synthesise the research based clinical treatment strategies that have been found to be most effective in the clinical management of heart failure as a disease.

Recent research findings on the impact of nutrition on telomere length is unlocking the potential to combat premature aging at the cellular level.

This book provides the theoretical and practical basis of technical nursing in congenital heart disease; it is intended for nurses and nursing students, and for anyone involved in the treatment of these patients.

Editing a book of this nature was a simultaneously exhilarating and frightening experience.

Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptors (PPARs) attract great attention in light of the wide spectrum of genes of biological and medical relevance identified as under their control.

Transformations of Global Food Systems for Climate Change Resilience: Addressing Food Security, Nutrition, and Health provides poignant case studies of climate change resilience frameworks for nutrition-focused transformations of agriculture and food systems, food security, food sovereignty, and population health of underserved and marginalized communities from across the globe.

The Psychology of Eating is the essential multidisciplinary introduction to the psychology of eating, looking at the biological, genetic, developmental, and social determinants of how humans find and assimilate food.

Benefit from this concise yet comprehensive manual, designed to improve the practice and process of STEMI interventions Understand the varied pharmacological options available in managing STEMI patients, including newer anti-coagulants Improve your STEMI procedure technique through expert guidance, including stent choice, and other techniques such as trans radial procedures Provides an overview of STEMI networks internationally and how to set up a STEMI program Reviews future perspectives for STEMI and the role of telemedicine for STEMI procedures

This book presents the main cardiac pathologies, providing a helpful guide featuring clinical cases and electronic supplementary material.