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With the rapid development of the field of cardiac biomarkers comes a need for updated guidance on how to use them clinically.

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.

Resynchronization and Defibrillation for Heart Failure: A Practical Approach is one of the first texts to provide caregivers with information about the background and application of this new and rapidly expanding discipline.

Rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm is one of the leading causes of death.

Finally, a pacing book dedicated to the adult patient with CHD.

What the practicing cardiologist really needs is a text that emphasizes unbiased, up to date information and that places this information into an appropriate context.

Heart failure is a condition that often results in chronic tiredness and shortness of breath.

Cardiothoracic Care for Children and Young People is a comprehensive and interprofessional guide aimed at all healthcare professionals working with children and young people with Congenital Heart Disease.

Acute Coronary Syndrome covers the spectrum of clinical conditions ranging from unstable angina to non-ST elevation myocardial infarction and ST elevation myocardial infarction.

This book covers fully the unique needs of patients in a UK setting.

Heart failure is effectively a disease of older people.

How can prenatal testing help your patients?

The advances in technology surrounding pacemakers has led to an inevitable increase in the complexity of ECG interpretation of pacemaker-generated rhythms.

In recent years, catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation has become a widespread treatment modality in electrophysiology laboratories all over the world.

This brief guide to visual diagnosis helps the novice develop -- and the veteran refresh -- crucial skills that can spare the patient unnecessary testing and bring the physician one step closer to an accurate diagnosis.

If you plan to take the Vascular Medicine Board Examination, this book is essential.

This easy-to-use manual provides a practical framework for a multi-disciplinary team to deliver a successful cardiac rehabilitation programme.

Written primarily with nurses in mind, this book provides a comprehensive overview of venous thromboembolism, a condition that rears its head regardless of specialty, killing thousands of people around the world in hospital beds and in the community alike.

This volume presents a fresh international perspective on current approaches to treating heart failure.

Some drugs which are not aimed at treating heart disease have nevertheless been found to have profound effects on heart muscle.

PROFILES POTENTIAL TREATMENT APPROACHES FOR CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS Cardiac arrhythmias of ventricular origin are responsible for the deaths of nearly half a million Americans each year while atrial fibrillation accounts for about 2.

Both timely and topical, this book examines the most important aspects of the relationship between alcohol consumption and health.

The formation of blood vessels is an essential aspect of embryogenesis in vertebrates.

This book addresses all the issues a patient may experience prior to receiving a VAD.

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Cardiac intervention is a fast expanding field of medicine that is reducing the need for cardiac surgery.

While most books focus solely on the role of cholesterol in heart disease, Reverse Heart Disease Now draws on new research that points to the surprising other causes.

Part of the prestigious Novartis Foundation series, this volume uniquely addresses the use of innate immunity to treat or prevent infectious diseases of the lung.

The availability of well-defined genetic strains and the ability to create transgenic and knockout mice makes mouse models extremely valuable biomedical tools.

This book provides physiotherapists and exercise professionals with a comprehensive resource on the exercise components and skills of constructing and teaching CR exercise.

Written by experienced clinicians, Cardiac Care: An Introduction for Nurses takes readers step by step through the patient journey, from initial prevention through the critical period to rehabilitation or palliative care.

Heart failure is the main cause of death and disability in the industrialized world.

Angiogenesis, the development of new blood vessels from the existing vasculature, is essential for physiological growth and over 18,000 research articles have been published describing the role of angiogenesis in over 70 different diseases, including cancer, diabetic retinopathy, rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis.

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

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

This book makes sense of complex topics by distilling them to basic concepts.

This book makes sense of complex topics by distilling them to basic concepts.

The biggest challenges in public health today are often related to attitudes, diet and exercise.

The biggest challenges in public health today are often related to attitudes, diet and exercise.

Cardiac disease is one of the leading causes of maternal morbidity and mortality.

Cardiac disease is one of the leading causes of maternal morbidity and mortality.

Vitamin C holds a unique place in scientific and cultural history.

Vitamin C holds a unique place in scientific and cultural history.

Prevention of complications in vascular and endovascular surgery is an important consideration for all practicing surgeons.

Prevention of complications in vascular and endovascular surgery is an important consideration for all practicing surgeons.

This book identifies the 50 key scientific articles in the field of vascular and endovascular surgery.

This book identifies the 50 key scientific articles in the field of vascular and endovascular surgery.

This unique volume provides the latest information on secondary metabolites obtained from selected organisms (plants or microorganisms) that have beneficial effects in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases and an ability to offer protection against their progress.