Cardiovascular medicine Books

This book deals with the basic concepts of high resolution electrocardiography: the electrophysiological basis of late potentials, mechanism of arrhythmias, the different methods of recording and analysis of high resolution,...

Quantitative coronary angiography has become an invaluable tool for the interventional cardiologist, providing objective and reproducible measurements of coronary artery dimensions, which can be used to study progression or...

Intracoronary ultrasound is a rapidly evolving imaging modality and the increasing number of published studies indicates that the technique is safe and provides incremental and more detailed diagnostic information than...

This book is based on papers presented at a Symposium held in Seoul, Korea in 1992. The idea for the symposium developed naturally from work in which Professor Yung E Earm, at Seoul National University, had been involved both...

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

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. These alternative routes of blood supply are...

Cardiac output has always been a subject of interest to both clinicians and researchers in different branches of medicine and surgery. In the last decade more attention has also been paid to its application in pediatrics,...

Since the introduction of myocardial perfusion imaging and radionuclide angiography in the mid-seventies, cardiovascular nuclear medicine has undergone an explosive growth. The use of nuclear cardiology techniques has become...

1. Platelet activation and aggregation: rationale for combining antithrombotic drugs.- 2. Role of nitric oxide in endothelial cell - platelet interactions.- 3. Platelets and megakaryocytes in vascular disease.- 4. Thrombosis in relation to...

The application of magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) to the cardiovascular system is a relatively new phenomenon. Its ability to noninvasively examine myocardial metabolism has led to its use to answer basic questions in...

by JULIEN IE HOFFMAN One of the earliest coronary physiologists was Scaramucci who, in 1695, postu­ lated that during systole the contracting myocardium inhibited coronary blood flow. Since then, the many contributions that...

One: Pathophysiological considerations.- 1. The cell biology of atherosclerosis.- 2. The pathology of atherosclerosis.- Two: Occult carotid and cerebrovascular disease.- 3. The natural history of asymptomatic carotid artery disease.- 4. Techniques of...

Interventional cardiology is a creative, innovative, and rapidly advancing frontier of cardiology. There has been mind-boggling proliferation of tech­ nology in this field, the use of which requires extraordinary skills and...

One Introduction.- One Anatomy of the Heart and of the Large Vessels.- Internal anatomy.- A. The ventricles.- B. The atria.- C. The coronary vessels.- D. The pericardium.- E. The anatomy of the large vessels.- 1. The main pulmonary artery.- 2. The aorta...

1. Magnetic resonance imaging: A new approach for evaluating coronary artery disease?.- 2. Coronary circulation.- 3. Magnetic resonance imaging and quantitation of blood flow.- 4. Imaging strategy in cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.- 5. MRI...

One: Basic approaches.- 1. Introduction to basic concepts on methods and techniques for Databases.- 2. Observational databases: a clinical perspective.- Two: Tools and services.- 1. Advanced instruments and methods for the development of databases...

1. From hemodynamic principles to clinical management.- 2. The clinical use and accuracy of echo-Doppler techniques for assessing severity of disease in valvular stenotic lesions.- 3. Proper timing of valve replacement in aortic stenosis.- 4. Optimal...

To our knowledge, this is the first book dealing exclusively with myocardial contrast two-dimensional echocardiography (MC-2DE), a new and exciting diagnostic methodology for assessment of myocardial perfusion, which has seen...

Our understanding of the pathophysiology of acute myocardial infarction has grown enormously in recent years. This has led to an increasingly aggressive approach to management, designed to blunt the extent of infarction by...

41 All Natural Lung Cancer Meal Recipes: Cancer-Fighting Foods That Will Help You Stimulate Your Immune SystemBy Joe Correa CSN To avoid lung cancer, good nutrition is a key factor and foods such as collard greens, broccoli, orange juice and seafood...

Teleologically, the hemostatic mechanism is among The of Coronary Thrombosis and the most fundamental yet complex physiologic pro- in essence, represents a heartfelt gift of cesses in humans. Early scientists and physicians...

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...

Following many years when a great deal of attention was directed towards the intracellular roles of purines, there is expanding interest in the field of extracellular purinergic signalling. In this book we focus on the...

The relationship between angiotensin II and hypertension was established in 1898 when angiotensin II was shown to modulate systemic blood pressure. Over the intervening decades, a complete characterization of the ...

Over the past three decades, impressive progress in the field of pathogenesis, prevention and therapy of ischemic heart disease has resulted in a marked decline in mortality in the Western World. However, the incidence of...

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...

Autopsy derives from the greek word autopsia, which means act of seeing with one's own eyes. It remains the most objective and accurate method to understand human. disease. Unfortunately, the volume of autopsies in teaching...

Our purpose in writing this book was to produce a clinically-oriented, non-multi-au­ thored textbook ofcardiac electrophysiology that would be useful to practicing electro­ physiologists, cardiologists, fellows in training as...

A little bit more than two years after the first edition, we are pleased to publish the second edition of this book. More than half of the chapters have been remodeled and completed as the result of technical improvements and...

The first invasive evaluation of cardiac arrhythmias in humans was performed in 1967 in Paris (Prof. P. Coumel) and Amsterdam (Prof. D. Durrer). This was the start of a rapid increase in our knowledge of the diagnosis,...

Knowledge of cardiac ion channels and transporters has advanced remarkably in the last two decades with the development of patch-clamp and molecular biological techniques. This textbook offers a comprehensive overview of...

This monograph contains 20 selected papers presented at the Symposium on Subcellular Basis of Contractile Failure which was held in Ottawa during May 11-13, 1989 and is designed for the benefit ofthose who were unable to attend...

The Symposium on New Drugs provides for an annual forum for academic investigators, research and development personnel from the pharmaceutical and related health care industries, and members of the Food and Drug Administration...

Cryopreserved allograft tissues are now standard materials for the reconstructive cardiac surgeon. Since publication of the first edition ("Cardiac Reconstructions with Allograft Valves") in 1989, the field has progressed...

Cardiopulmonary diseases refer to a group of conditions that affect both the lungs and the heart. These organs are interconnected and a problem in the functioning of one can affect the other. Congestive heart failure, chronic bronchitis, emphysema and...

Master's Thesis from the year 2016 in the subject Health - Public Health, grade: B, , course: Department of public health sciences, Epidemiology, language: English, abstract: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains a major public health problem in Sweden...

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The cardiovascular system consists of the heart and a network of blood vessels. It is primarily involved in the distribution of nutrients and blood throughout the body, and the transportation of deoxygenated blood back to the lungs. Numerical simulation...

This book provides a background in psychological theories and biopsychosocial models containing practical information that can be adopted by primary care physicians and other medical professionals who want a knowledge base in this area.

The Sphygmomanometer and Its Practical Application is a ground-breaking work that revolutionized the practice of clinical sphygmomanometry. Written by Francis Ashley Faught and William Benjamin Carpenter, this book provides a detailed description of the...

Alonzo T. Keyt's comprehensive guide to sphygmography and cardiography provides readers with an in-depth understanding of the physiology and clinical applications of these techniques. With detailed discussions of the equipment used and the interpretation...

The dance along the artery The circulation on the lymph Are figured in the drift of stars. T. S. Eliot Die Methode ist alles. Carl Ludwig In physiology a spirit of finesse is required. Claude Bernard Armed with modern Doppler...

In June 1989, a third conference concentrating on the progress in quantita­ tive coronary angiography and related techniques was held in Rotterdam, again very successful as the two preceding events in 1985 and 1987. Tech­ nical...

This text presents a general introduction to soft tissue biomechanics. One of its primary goals is to introduce basic analytical, experimental and computational methods. In doing so, it enables readers to gain a relatively...

The Illustrated Handbook of Cardiac Surgery is adapted from the Second Edition of the color illustrated Manual of Cardiac Surgery (Springer-Verlag, 1995). The Illustrated Handbook of Cardiac Surgery communicates all the...

Chronic oxidative stress is associated with the aging process and often leads to the development of disorders such as cancer and arterial disease. Cardiovascular conditions in which oxidation damage has been strongly implicated...

The last 15 years in development of biology were marked with accumulation of unprecedentedly huge arrays of experimental data. The information was amassed with exclusively high rates due to the advent of highly efficient...