Nabil Dib, MD Doris A. Taylor, PhD Edward B. Diethrich, MD (Editors) 2006 From Basic Research to Clinical Applications In the brief history of modern cardiovascular medicine, it has not been uncommon for scientists, researchers and clinicians to join forces in an effort to dramatically change the development and treatment of a specific pathology. The introduction of coronary arteriography, […]

Edited by JOANNE MICALE FOODY 2006 Insights Into the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease Preventive cardiology is a fast moving field that places emphasis on the prevention and treatment of coronary disease. Preventive Cardiology: Insights Into the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease, Second Edition is intended for clinical cardiologists, internists, primary care providers, and allied health […]

Edited by Dennis V. Cokkinos Constantinos Pantos Gerd Heusch Heinrich Taegtmeyer 2006 From mechanisms to therapeutic potentials Effective new treatments of heart disease are based on a refined understanding of cellular function and the heart’s response to environmental stresses. Not surprisingly therefore,  the field of experimental cardiology has experienced a phase of rapid expo­nential growth during the […]

Hans-Joachim Bungartz Michael Schäfer (Eds.) 2006 Modelling, Simulation, Optimisation The increasing accuracy requirements in many of today’s simulation tasks in science and engineering more and more often entail the need to take into account more than one physical effect. Among the most important and, with respect to both modelling and computational issues, most challenging of such ‘multiphysics’ problems are […]

Edited by CLIVE ROSENDORFF 2006 PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE This second edition reflects the very rapid advances that have been made in our understanding and management of cardiovascular disease since the first edition was published in 2001. All of the chapters have been extensively reviewed and rewritten. There are now two chapters on acute coronary syndromes, reflecting the modern […]

Joakim Sundnes Glenn Terje Lines Xing Cai Bjørn Fredrik Nielsen Kent-Andre Mardal Aslak Tveito 2006 The heart is a fantastic machine; during a normal lifetime it beats about 2.5 billion times and pumps 200.000 tons of blood through an enormous system of vessels extending 160.000 kilometres throughout the body. For centuries, man has tried to understand how the […]

Edited by Macdonald Dick II 2006 It takes a certain hubris to come forth with a book entitled Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology in the Young. There are a number of excellent texts, monographs, and reviews on cardiac arrhythmias in both adults and children—Josephson’s and also Zipes and Jalife’s  omprehensive texts come to mind, as well as a number of others, including Deal, Wolff, and […]

Edited by DAVID A. MORROW 2006 Pathophysiology and Disease Management Integration of cardiac biomarkers into clinical care has been accelerating at a dramatic pace. As novel applications of established biomarkers are tested and new markers complete development, the value of cardiac biomarkers for supporting clinical decision making is achieving greater recognition.

Edited by Sukhinder Kaur Cheema 2006 Atherosclerosis and its complications are the major cause of morbidity and mortality in both developed and developing nations. There is an urgent need to understand the pathogenesis and progression of atherosclerosis, and to develop a strategy to prevent an epidemic episode.