Allan Shor 2007 Discovery, Diagnosis, and Treatment This book is about the atherosclerosis lesion, a lesion that blocks arteries, resulting in heart attacks, strokes, and other problems. Chlamydia Atherosclerosis Lesion looks at the lesion in a novel manner, through the lens of an electron microscope, where one sees a unique world, seen by very few, an ultrastructural world, showing […]
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Edited by William E. Kraus and Steven J. Keteyian 2007 The era of cardiac rehabilitation in the United States dates back at least thirty years, when Herman Hellerstein at Case Western Reserve, Andy Wallace at Duke and Ken Cooper in Dallas envisioned that a comprehensive lifestyle approach to the rehabilitation and prevention of patients having had a cardiac […]
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By M. GABRIEL KHAN 2007 The impetus to provide a seventh edition of Cardiac Drug Therapy was generated by the positive comments received from readers worldwide, and from favorable reviews of earlier editions. The seventh edition updates and revises the sixth edition in several respects. In particular, the text includes: Six new chapters that deal with ongoing important controversies […]
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Edited by WILLIAM B. WHITE 2007 The second edition of Blood Pressure Monitoring in Cardiovascular Medicine and Therapeutics is devoted to the topic of circadian variation in cardiovascular disease, with a special emphasis on the evaluation and treatment of hypertension. Clinical and device research related to self and ambulatory monitoring of the blood pressure and heart rate have led to […]
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Mano J. Thubrikar 2007 Nowhere in the scientific progress has the schism in the knowledge been as striking as in the case of vascular mechanics and pathology. This joint subject would serve as a classic example of science developed in two different directions.
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By NARASIMHAN RANGANATHAN VAHE SIVACIYAN FRANKLIN B. SAKSENA 2007 It has been our experience that instruction in physical examination of the heart in medical schools has been deteriorating since the advent of such modern diagnostic tools as two-dimensional echocardiography and nuclear imaging. At best, the teaching has been sketchy and too superficial for the student to appreciate the […]
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Edited by MARC S. PENN 2007 Over the past 5 years there has been great excitement and controversy in the scientific, financial, and lay literature for the potential of stem cell-based strategies for the prevention and treatment of chronic heart failure (CHF). Not that long ago we believed we were born with a set number of cardiac myocytes […]
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Harold Kalter 2007 Part 1 Congenital Cardiovascular Malformations
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Edited by Donna H. Wang 2007
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Edited by Randall E. Harris 2007 In “Inflammation in the Pathogenesis of Chronic Diseases: The COX-2 Controversy”, a panel of leading experts chronicles the evidence supporting the role of inflammation in the pathogenesis of major chronic diseases and discusses the current controversy regarding beneficial versus adverse effects of selective cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitors. Experts in multiple disciplines of medical research provide […]
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