Learning Cardiac Imaging

Learning Cardiac Imaging -1

R. Ribes · P. Kuschnir · A. Luna J. C. Vilanova · J. M. Jimenez-Hoyuela (Eds.) 2010 After the publication of Learning Diagnostic Imaging, which was an introductory teaching file to the ten radiological subspecialties included in the American Boards of Radiology, we began to write a series of teaching files on each radiological subspecialty.

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Illustrative Handbook of General Surgery

Illustrative Handbook of General Surgery -1

Herbert Chen Editor 2010 With the large number of surgical atlases in the market focusing on a variety of surgical procedures, it is almost impossible to find an area that is not comprehensively illustrated. However, almost all of these atlases are very large and serve to be “library” or “office” books, which are commonly cumbersome to transport and not […]

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Hernia Repair Sequelae

Hernia Repair Sequelae-1

Volker Schumpelick Robert J. Fitzgibbons (Eds.) 2010 At the last Suvretta meeting in 2006 on recurrent hernia prevention and treatment, we demonstrated that with the wide range of available techniques, materials, and meshes at our disposal today, an experienced hernia surgeon will be able to prevent or at least treat a recurrent hernia.

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Heart Valve Surgery

Heart Valve Surgery -1

Jan Dominik Pavel Zacek 2010 Th e four heart valves reside in the center of the heart. Th is indicates their crucial role in cardiac performance. Faultless function of the valves is a prerequisite for unidirectional forward movement of the blood, and such function is necessary to support the efforts of the cardiac atria and ventricles.

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Handbook of Pediatric Surgery

Handbook of Pediatric Surgery-1

Chandrasen K. Sinha • Mark Davenport (Eds.) 2010 Pediatric surgery was a late starter, breaking off from general surgery only in the last 50 years or so. The surgeons who practised it were a small, often self-selected group who typically dedicated their surgical lives to the care of infants and children.    

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Handbook of Neurocritical Care

Handbook of Neurocritical Care-1

Anish Bhardwaj, Marek A. Mirski Editors 2010 In the preface to the first edition of Handbook of Neurocritical Care, we commented that neurocritical care as a subspecialty has grown rapidly over the last two decades and has reached a level of maturity with the advent of newer monitoring, diagnostic, and therapeutic modalities in a variety of brain and […]

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Hair Restoration Surgery in Asians

Hair Restoration Surgery in Asians-1

D. Pathomvanich · K. Imagawa Editors 2010 Hair transplantation as we know originated in Japan [1]. However, the art and science of hair transplantation have received further progression and refinement in Western countries [2]. Because the outcome of hair transplantation today is more natural, and good density can be achieved in just one or two sessions compared to the […]

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Fluid and Electrolytes in Pediatrics

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Edited by Leonard G. Feld Frederick J. Kaskel 2010 One of the time-honored foundations of the practice of pediatric medicine is the understanding and application of the principles of fluid, electrolyte, and acid–base disorders. In Fluid and Electrolytes in Pediatrics: A Comprehensive Handbook we have selected authors with a passion, appreciation of the contributions of pioneers in pediatric medicine, […]

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