Editors Robert S. Kass and Colleen E. Clancy 2006 In the past decade, major progress has been made in understanding mechanisms of arrhythmias. This progress stems from much-improved experimental, genetic, and computational techniques that have helped to clarify the roles of specific proteins in the cardiac cycle, including ion channels, pumps, exchanger, adaptor proteins, cell-surface receptors, and contractile proteins. […]
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Edited by Martial G. Bourassa Jean-Claude Tardif 2006 The role and mechanisms of oxidative stress and of antioxidant molecules in patients with cardiovascular disease have been the subject of intense experimental and clinical research recently. Rapid accumulation of new knowledge in this field since the beginning of the 21st century amply justifies this second edition of the book Antioxidants […]
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Editors C. D. Liapis, K. Balzer, F. Benedetti-Valentini, J. Fernandes e Fernandes 2007 Vascular surgery has evolved and expanded in a spectacular fashion during the last 50 years. During this time previously untreatable conditions have become treatable and dealt with on a regular basis by vascular surgeons. Many of the pioneers of vascular surgery were from Europe, starting […]
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D. Bruce Foster 2007 Theory and Interpretation Ten years have passed since Twelve Lead Electrocardiography for ACLS Providers was written in response to a need for a clear, concise, introductory level text on the morphologic interpretation of electrocardiograms. This need has grown more compelling in the last decade, as a multiplicity of efficacious therapeutic interventions has made the early […]
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Piergiorgio Tozzi 2007 Secrets for Success When doctors first look at sutureless anastomosis devices created by new technologies, the most frequent comment is how amazingly easy it is to create a vascular anastomosis and, as a direct consequence, they believe anybody could play the role of the cardiovascular surgeon. Pessimistic cardiovascular surgeons, on their side, think that creating a […]
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J. L.Atlee • A.Gullo • G. Sinagra • J.-L.Vincent (Eds) 2007 Perioperative critical care cardiology (PCCC) includes the cardiovascular management of patients with any underlying diseases or imposed conditions (whether natural or iatrogenic) that involve or affect the heart–including, acute or chronic mechanical heart failure (HF). This can result from ischemic heart disease, diabetes mellitus, uncontrolled hypertension, arrhythmias that compromise […]
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Edited by JACQUELINE SAW J. EMILIO EXAIRE DAVID S. LEE JAY S. YADAV 2007 Since the first carotid angioplasty that was performed in 1980, this technique has undergone tremendous modifications and improvements. Stents for the carotid artery were utilized in the early 1990s, and emboli protection devices were introduced about 2000.
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S. Bert Litwin 2007 Because of the wide variety of anomalies encountered in congenital heart surgery, a broad understanding of the pathologic anatomy of defects is vitally important to the surgeon. More than in many other fields of surgery, a feel for three-dimensional spatial relationships of anomalies is helpful in allowing the operating surgeon to improvise technical details of […]
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Joep Perk, Peter Mathes, Helmut Gohlke, Catherine Monpère, Irene Hellemans, Hannah McGee, Philippe Sellier, and Hugo Saner, Editors 2007 Over the past decades the medical care of the patient with cardiovascular disease (CVD) has shown an impressive development, with marked positive consequences for mortality, morbidity, and the quality of life of coronary patients. This improvement has profoundly changed […]
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Bernd M. Ohnesorge · Thomas G. Flohr Christoph R. Becker · Andreas Knez Maximilian F. Reiser 2007 Principles – Protocols – Indications – Outlook Despite worldwide efforts to assess and control cardiovascular risk factors, cardiac diseases and in particular coronary artery disease (CAD) are still the foremost causes of death in the developed countries of Western Europe, […]
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