Cardiovascular medicine

For over a quarter of a century, echocardiography has made an unparalleled contribution to clinical cardiology as a major tool for real-time imaging of cardiac dynamics.

Angioplasty has completely transformed the treatment of coronary artery disease and is widely used, with more than 800,000 procedures performed worldwide per year.

The relationship between angiotensin II and hypertension was established in 1898 when angiotensin II was shown to modulate systemic blood pressure.

Cardiovascular disease affects 20% of all Americans and is the leading cause of death in the USA.

Endocrinology of Cardiovascular Function is a fitting inauguration to the Endocrine Update Series.

In Heart Cell Communication in Health and Disease an extensive review of different aspects of heart cell communication is presented.

Non-Invasive Imaging of Atherosclerosis is a primer, reference and review of some of the key features of current activities in the field of atherosclerosis.

Currently blood is a volatile issue.

The last five years have witnessed an increasing interest in the subject of transmyocardial laser revascularization (TMR) as illustrated by the number of abstracts presented at the meetings of the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology (Figure).

Despite recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment of various cardiac illnesses, including ischemic, valvular and cardiomyopathic disease, the most cost-effective means of employing laboratory testing and treatment modalities remains an issue in most practice settings.

In the era of instant global communication, medicine is an international discipline characterized by a wide range of patient referral systems, world-wide discussion of clinical and research findings, and an explosion in the medical literature.

Molecular Cardiology for the Cardiologist, Second Edition provides a short, easily readable summary of what the new biology brings to cardiology.

Growth Hormone is a fitting addition to the Endocrine Updates Series.

This book is timely and challenging.

The publication embodied here represents the life work of a premier Russian scientist studying Sudden Cardiac Death.

Hypoxia is a constant threat throughout life.

One of the major biomedical triumphs of the post-World War II era was the defmitive demonstration that hypercholesterolemia is a key causative factor in atherosclerosis; that hypercholesterolemia can be effectively treated; and that treatment significantly reduces not only coronary disease mortality but also all- cause mortality.

Accurate diagnosis of arrhythmias is the goal of this volume.

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

The cardiac system represents one of the most exciting challenges to human ingenuity.

Interventional cardiology is a creative, innovative, and rapidly advancing frontier of cardiology.

The molecular basis for atrial fibrillation continues to be largely unknown, and therapy remains unchanged, aimed at controlling the heart rate and preventing systemic emboli with anticoagulation.

Few complications of systemic diseases are better understood than diabetic nephropathy.

Whenever the heart is challenged with an increased work load for a prolonged period, it responds by increasing its muscle mass--a phenomenon known as cardiac hypertrophy.

This book is an attempt to indicate to researchers and clinicians a simple way to approach the complexity of cardiovascular neural regulation.

Each year over 400,000 people have a new onset of heart failure in the United States, adding to a current patient population of over 4.

Traditional methods of medical education and training are changing rapidly.

This is the third volume in the series, in which the topic of the effects of radio frequencies on human tissue, now increasingly a concern with the prevalence of cell phones, is explored by Prof.

This monograph contains the proceedings from the Advanced Study Institute on "e;Vascular Endothelium: Physiological Basis of Clinical Problems"e; which took place in Corfu, Greece in June 1990.

The purpose of this workshop was to assess the value of DNA polymorphisms for the prediction, diagnosis or elucidation of aetiology for common metabolic diseases such as diabetes, hyperlipidaemia and atherosclerosis.

Nature is totally amoral!

Collateral blood vessels develop by growth of pre or newly formed structures in almost all vascular provinces as a consequence of progressing stenosis of the main artery.

As the majority of cardiovascular deaths are related to myocardial ischemia, it is necessary to understand the various aspects of ischemic heart disease.

This book is based on papers presented at a Symposium held in Seoul, Korea in 1992.

That geriatric cardiology has become a science and clinical discipline in its own rights is beyond dispute.

In an attempt to clarify the situation regarding the diagnosis, pathogenesis and therapeutics of cardiovascular dysfunction in diabetes, an International Symposium on Diabetic Heart was held in Tokyo, Japan during October, 1989.

The application of magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) to the cardiovascular system is a relatively new phenomenon.

From the 19-29 May 1991 the NATO ASI Course PAsthma Treatment: A P Multidisciplinary Approach was held in Erice, on the rocky North West Coast of Sicily, facing the ancient Phoenician shore of the African Continent.

This monograph is intended to compile the lectures presented at the 4th Annual Symposium "e;Cardiac Surgery:1992"e; held at the Frenchman's Reef Beach Resort, St.

Although there are many books on angina, few are devoted to the important problem of how to evaluate drug efficacy in angina pectoris.