Cardiology

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781591032526Author Debabrata MukherjeeFormat PaperbackPage Count 231Imprint Borm Bruckmeier PublishingPublisher Borm Bruckmeier Publishing

Atrial fibrillation is a common supraventricular arrhythmia characterized by rapid and irregular atrial activation without a clear P-wave on an electrocardiogram. New Research on Atrial Fibrillation and Ischemic Heart Disease begins by discussing the...

Fully revised and updated, the second edition of Electrophysiology: The Basics remains a trusted, practical reference for those who are learning the foundational concepts of electrophysiology. A clear, non-technical style, a new full-color format, and...

The treatment of hypertension has become the most important intervention in the management of all forms of chronic kidney disease. Chronic Kidney Disease and Hypertension is a current, concise, and practical guide to the identification, treatment and...

The Sixth Annual International Spring Symposium on Health Sciences, held in Washington, D. C. , in May 1986, brought together over 650 scientists from 19 countries to review and update research on cardiovascular disease. In this volume, which contains 59...

The aim of this book is to focus on the important relationships between the heart and the brain in health and disease. The brain and nervous system may cause or influence heart disease, e. g. , by causing arrhythmias or modi- fying the response to...

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in almost 40% of patients suffering from end stage renal disease (ESRD). Cardiomyopathy and ischemic heart disease are the most frequent causes of cardiac death. The risk of cardiovascular mortality...

The spectrum of sleep-disordered breathing ranges from primary snoring at one end to obstructive sleep apnea and central sleep apnea at the other end. The first chapter in this book provides current state of knowledge about the mechanisms of obstructive...

Carotid artery disease causes approximately 10 to 20% of strokes, and appropriate intervention is important for secondary and primary stroke prevention. Aggressive treatment of modifiable risk factors for carotid atherosclerosis is central to stroke...

Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) filters have become an important part of deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism treatment and prevention. With the advent of retrievable filters a new era of IVC instrumentation has been initiated. This book will begin to...

Sudden cardiac death is a world-wide pandemic. Over the last years, basic and clinical research has greatly contributed to our understanding of the epidemiology, risk factors, preventive measures and therapy for sudden cardiac death. The advent of the...

The benefits of Clopidogrel on the treatment of acute coronary syndromes are well established. However, not all patients respond in the same way to Clopidogrel therapy, and there are patients who suffer major adverse cardiovascular events despite being...

Chest pain may be a symptom of a number of serious conditions and is generally considered a medical emergency. Even though it may be determined that the pain is non-cardiac in origin, this is often a diagnosis of exclusion made after ruling out more...

This book discusses the different aspects of mitral regurgitation as well as diagnostic and imaging studies to evaluate the patients at risk. Treatment options for patients with mitral regurgitation are discussed including some of the new non-surgical...

When veins become varicose, the leaflets of the valves no longer meet properly, and the valves do not work. This allows blood to flow backwards and they enlarge even more. Varicose veins are most common in the superficial veins of the legs, which are...

This book discusses the influence of the brain microcirculation on the development of the pathological changes in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). Also, the ultrastructural characterisation of pathological aspects of cutaneous microcirculation in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606921937Author Peter H BrunoFormat HardbackPage Count 560Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 1366g

Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects medium and large-sized arteries. It begins after birth and the progression depends on several factors - traditional triad: hypertension, hyperlipidemia and diabetes mellitus, then age, sex,...

Psychological factors significantly affect the cardiovascular system and play an important role in the etiopathogenesis of cardiovascular disorders. For the past several decades attention to the psychosocial and behavioural factors in cardiovascular...

Psychiatric disorders and certain personality features are frequently associated with cardiovascular disorders. For the past several decades attention to the psychosocial and behavioural factors in cardiovascular disease has increased significantly...

Infective endocarditis (IE) is a microbial infection of the endocardium. In subacute IE, the previously-damaged surface of cardiac valve becomes the starting point for the deposition of platelets and the formation of a platelet-fibrin clot. IE develops...

There is a strong relationship between cigarette smoking and the risk of cardiovascular events. Smoking influences negatively coagulation -- fibrinolysis cascade at any level, although it acts primarily on those pathways that are most important for an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781578262557Author Eduardo ChapunoffFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Hatherleigh Press,U.S.Publisher Hatherleigh Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 476g

In this issue of Heart Failure Clinics, guest editors Drs. Vijay Rao and Geetha Bhatt bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Novel Non-pharmacological Approaches to Heart Failure. Recent years have seen a multitude of new devices and...

Clinics Collections: COVID-19 draws from Elsevier's robust Clinics Review Articles database to provide multidisciplinary teams, including pediatricians, primary care physicians, and cardiologists, with practical clinical advice and insights from the...

High-Quality Transesophageal Echocardiography presents a step-by-step approach aimed to help readers understand how to perform a high-quality transoesophageal echocardiogram. The book explains the steps, tips, tricks, and troubleshooting tactics for...

Each year, more than one million cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) are implanted worldwide for cardiac rhythm management, and chest x-ray is a common initial diagnostic method for evaluation of cardiac and pulmonary diseases. Radiographic...

In this issue of Cardiology Clinics, guest editor Dr. Matthew W. Martinez brings his considerable expertise to Sports Cardiology. Top experts in the field cover key topics such as preparticipation sports clearance from a pediatric cardiology perspective;...

In this issue of Interventional Cardiology Clinics, guest editor Dr. Allen Jeremias brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Intracoronary Physiology and Its Use in Interventional Cardiology. Assessment of intra-coronary physiology can guide...

Heart failure is the biggest killer in the western world, and the prevalence is expected to increase due to aging of the population. Over the past decade there has been an increasing awareness of left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction as a mechanism...

Acute Coronary Syndrome covers the spectrum of clinical conditions ranging from unstable angina to non-ST elevation myocardial infarction and ST elevation myocardial infarction. These life-threatening disorders are a major cause of emergency medical...

A vast choice of techniques and technology confronts today's interventional cardiologists, and those who are new to angioplasty need clear and practical guidance in order to develop good habits, avoid common pitfalls and complications, and become...

* First book dedicated to this disease, previously thought to be incurable, but with the advent of new drugs, now amenable to management and a much improved prognosis for patients * From the PAH Association, the leading experts in field * Incorporates...

This comprehensive text follows an evidence-based approach to thoroughly discuss Atrial septal defects. Since this congenital heart disease mostly presents in adulthood, it becomes imperative to understand the embryology, pathophysiology and anatomy in...

Cardiovascular and Neurovascular Imaging: Physics and Technology explains the underlying physical and technical principles behind a range of cardiovascular and neurovascular imaging modalities, including radiography, nuclear medicine, ultrasound, and...

What chemicals are poisonous to the heart and why are they toxic? Find out by reading Principles of Cardiac Toxicology. Certain chemicals can produce toxicity by interacting with elements of the cardiovascular system. This book presents the anatomical,...

Primary angioplasty is a life-saving, minimally invasive emergency procedure increasingly used in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction. As the procedure further proves its effectiveness, it is imperative that all cardiologists have a...

Cardiovascular disease remains the number one killer in North America and around the world. The staggering medical costs involved in treating patients suffering from this disease demand an alternative approach to prevent or minimize its development. In...

The establishment of precise and reliable biomarker tests for the early stages of cardiovascular disease is of great importance and can be the cornerstone in the prevention of future cardiovascular disease (CVD). Furthermore, some biomarkers may provide...

This book presents a concise synthesis of the current knowledge and recent advances in the structure, organization and functional role of the cytoskeleton in endothelial cells. Particular attention has been given to the different features of the...