Ramesh Khanna l Raymond T. Krediet Editors 2009 The Nolph and Gokal Textbook of Peritoneal Dialysis in its third edition covers the history of peritoneal of dialysis from its early beginnings to the present and updates the many advances since the second edition was published. This book continues to represent a major source of knowledge about this […]

Jian’an Wang Xiaojie Xie (Editors) 2009 With the aging of the population worldwide, ischemic heart disease remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in China and western countries despite substantial advances in risk factor control, drug therapy and revascularization therapy.      

Edited by John D. Bisognano, Marc L. Baker, and Mary Beth Earley 2009 Heart failure (HF) is a chronic progressive disease with less than 50% of patients living five years after their initial diagnosis and less than 25% are alive at 10 years. Our current system of HF care, which is characterized by a cycle of acute hospitalizations […]

Friederike Kendel 2009 A Psychological Perspective Progress in coronary artery bypass graft surgery has irrefutably improved the quality of life of many patients. However, we are confronted with the finding that women exhibit a higher mortality rate than men. In part, this difference can be explained by clinical parameters such as age, disease severity, or comorbidity – factors […]

Fred Kusumoto 2009 Why write another book on ECG analysis and interpretation? Although there are a number of superb introductory and comprehensive books on ECG interpretation, there are very few books that provide the reader information beyond the basics, other than encyclopedic texts.