Edited by William D. Figg Judah Folkman 2008 An Integrative Approach From Science to Medicine Angiogenesis is an important natural process of new blood vessel growth that occurs in the body, both in health and in disease. It is essential for embryonic development, reproduction, and repair or regeneration of tissue during wound healing.
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Michela Casella and Antonio Dello Russo 2008 The training of the young cardiologist willing to join the activity of the electrophysiology laboratory is, at best, essentially theoretical and mostly focused on understanding of ECG, intracardiac tracings, and arrhythmia mechanisms.
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Alexandre Mebazaa, Mihai Gheorghiade, Faiez M. Zannad, and Joseph E. Parrillo (Eds.) 2008 One challenge in editing a textbook is that by the time the the book is published, it is outdated. We believe that the present textbook on AHFS stands up to this challenge. AHFS is a new and rapidly evolving field.
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Mun K. Hong and Eyal Herzog (Eds) 2008 Acute coronary syndrome represents the most urgent cardiac condition requiring an immediate diagnosis and the prompt institution of therapy to save lives and improve long-term quality of life. Recent trials have demonstrated the benefi ts of various pharmacologic and revascularization strategies.
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M. Rémy-Jardin · J. Rémy (Eds.) 2009 Since its introduction into medical imaging practice in the 1980s, the major technological revolution of the scanner has focused mainly on temporal resolution. Indeed, on this basis, is it possible to classify equipment into two groups: scanners which control physiological motion and those which are subjected to physiological motion.
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Mark Belham 2009 The first transesophageal echocardiogram (TOE/TEE) was performed in 1976 (M-mode only) and there were some who doubted that it would find a place in mainstream cardiac imaging. Over the last 30 years the technological advances in TEE have been exponential and have been refl ected by its increasing utilization.
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Stuart L. Houser 2009 After 17 years of private practice as a cardiovascular surgeon, my partners questioned the rationality of my decision to leave the clinical practice behind and become a cardiovascular pathologist. In fact, their disbelief of my intention to make the “leap of faith” was understandable.
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Mark W. Kroll l Jeffrey D. Ho Editors 2009 Seldom has a technology had such rapid adoption as the TASER1 conducted electrical weapon (CEW). We all think of mobile phones and their rapid adoption but the compound average growth rate of mobile phone penetration over the past 10 years was 5.2% while that of the CEW was an […]
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Mark R. Harrigan John P. Deveikis Agnieszka Anna Ardelt 2009 In recent years, neurointerventional radiology has evolved into a rarified and complex field, with a set of techniques and a knowledge base that are distinct from other fields within medicine. At the same time, clinicians from an assortment of disciplines have come to practice neurointerventional radiology, with backgrounds ranging […]
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Eugenio Picano 2009 This book has a past. Its various editions parallel the growth of stress echocardiography within the scientific community and the clinical arena. The first edition in 1991 consisted of 100 pages, which increased to 200 in the second (1994), 300 in the third (1997), nearly 500 pages in the fourth, and finally more than 600 […]
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