Cardiovascular medicine

Meat and dairy production and consumption are in crisis.

Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is a genetic disorder involving slowly progressive muscle degeneration in which the muscles of the face, shoulder blades and upper arms are among the most severely affected.

This is a highly visual, case-based approach that covers the spectrum of the clinical presentation of heart failure.

Research on the roles played by hostility and anger in the etiology and course of coronary heart disease (CHD) has mushroomed.

The book is designed to provide a flowing description of the physiology of heat stress, the illnesses associated with heat exposure, recommendations on optimising health and performance, and an examination of Olympic sports played in potentially hot environmental conditions.

Sunao Tawara's epoch-making work on the excitation conduction system of the mammalian heart paved the way for the advancement of modern cardiology in the 20th century.

How can prenatal testing help your patients?

Since the first edition of this book was published in 2004, computed tomography has seen groundbreaking technical innovations that have transformed the field of thoracic imaging and opened novel possibilities for the detection of thoracic pathologies.

An involvement of the immune system is suspected in various cardiovascular diseases.

The heart is a fantastic machine; during a normal lifetime it beats about 2.

While all interventional cardiologists have access to pharmacopeial texts and databases and are aware of the growing number of pharmacological agents in the armamentarium, questions arise as to the ideal agent or combination of agents in differing patient situations.

Society-sanctioned guidelines on care are valuable tools, but accessing key information from the often complicated statements has been a daunting task.

Congenital Heart Disease and Neurodevelopment: Understanding and Improving Outcomes brings together the work of leading researchers from the U.

Thrombotic disorders of the circulatory system represent the leading cause of morbidity, motality, and health care expenditure in the United States.

The aim of the handbook is to provide a practical guide for residents and general radiologists, organized alphabetically, primarily according to disease or condition.

Neueste Forschungsergebnisse zu extrarenalen Aldosteronwirkungen sind Gegenstand dieses Buches.

Rapid advances in stem cell biology have raised exciting possibilities of replacing damaged or lost tissues and cells by activation of in vitro-expanded stem cells or their progeny.

This book is designed as a definitive report on current capabilities of ultrasound imaging and Doppler evaluation of the cerebral circulation, both extracranial and intracranial.

Cardiac diseases and in particular coronary artery disease are the leading cause of death and morbidity in the industrialized countries.

Clinically focused, case-based guide with self-assessment in each section from the world's leading authorities Companion Website featuring downloadable versions of the book's nearly 200 images for easy integration into your own presentations.

During the last few years, exciting new insights into mechanisms and treatment of stroke have been obtained from animal experiments.

Exercise testing is widely used all over the world to assess functional capacity in athletes, healthy subjects and patients.

This book provides simple and practical instructions on how to perform safe and easy venous cannulation, and how to insert midlines and PICC lines using ultrasound.

Hypertension and Hormone Mechanisms reviews novel developments in the endocrinology of hypertension with emphasis on new discovery during the past five years and perspectives on the future.

"e;A ground-breaking compilation that focuses on the integration of artificial intelligence and machine learning applications in cardiovascular healthcare.

While most current texts on the coronary artery include only a single chapter on anomalies, this is the first of its kind to focus on the challenges involved with imaging coronary artery anomalies in infants.

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.

Written by internationally renowned experts, this volume is a collection of chapters dealing with imaging diagnosis and interventional therapies in chest and heart disease.

This book sheds new light on the molecular mechanisms that generate circadian rhythms.

This concise, accessible text demystifies all aspects of the cardiothoracic critical care unit and cardiothoracic patient management.

Het Cardiocasculair Formularium is een praktische leidraad in zakformaat voor de huisartsen, cardiologen i.

Excellent end of life care for people with heart failure is challenging but possible.

This useful reference provides up-to-the-minute coverage of every aspect of valvular heart disease-presenting etiology, pathophysiology, and symptomatology in detail as well as current methods of diagnosis and treatment.

This book covers the latest developments in the therapeutic implications of angiogenesis, ranging from angiogenesis in the brain, angiogenesis in cancer, angiogenesis' role in atherosclerosis and heart disease as well as metabolic disorders and peripheral vascular disease.

State-of-the-art coverage of Cardiovascular PETThis innovative text provides readers with in-depth clinical updates on every aspect of Cardiovascular PET.

Pocket Prescriber Pulmonary Medicine is a concise, up-to-date prescribing guide containing all the 'must-have' information that clinical professionals treating patients with respiratory conditions need to know.

This authoritative and updated Atlas provides a comprehensive span of topics across all of sleep medicine, including old to futuristic approaches.

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This reference resource represents the consensus opinion a team of international specialists on the diagnosis and treatment of infective endocarditis (IE), many of whom have been co-authors of American or European guidelines on the topic.

This book offers an overview of the clinical applications of PET/MR imaging through a case-based format.

Role of Potassium in Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine: Information related to this question has accumulated for nearly a hundred years, from work in cellular physiology, experimental studies in animals, clinical trials, and from population and epidemiological investigations.

An international team of experts critically review the recent progress in basic and applied research in angiogenesis.

This book contains all the information that readers will require in order to perform echocardiography and to interpret the findings correctly.