Ezio Ghigo • Fabio Lanfranco • Christian J. Strasburger Editors 2011 Physical activity exerts an important influence on the endocrine system, modulating synthesis and secretion of several hormones. Almost every organ and system in the body is affected by physical activity and exercise, mainly through the endocrine and neuroendocrine system.
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Robert E. Shaddy (Editor) 2011 From Fetus to Adult Survival outcomes for patients with congenital heart disease have greatly improved over the last two decades. Because of better and longer survival in these patients who often have abnormal ventricular morphology, the incidence of heart failure in this patient population has also increased.
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Bohuslav Ostadal • Makoto Nagano Naranjan S. Dhalla Editors 2011 We are living in the era of molecular medicine and the influence of basic research on the clinical practice has never been more pronounced. Over the past 15 years, cardiovascular medicine has fully embraced the tools of modern molecular biology creating in effect a bridge between the traditional physiological […]
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Thorsten R.C. Johnson • Christian Fink • Stefan O. Schönberg • Maximilian F. Reiser (Eds.) 2011 Dual Energy Computed Tomography is one of the most exciting evolving fields in radiology. The possibility to acquire CT scans with different x-ray spectra to enhance material differentiation had already been realized and tested in the 1970s.
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Kevin T. McVary Editor 2011 Erectile dysfunction (ED) was once considered psychogenic in origin and frequently neglected by healthcare providers. More recently, there is increasing recognition of its many physiological causes, its impact on the quality of life, and the potential for therapy to improve the quality of life, self-esteem, and the ability to maintain intimate relationships.
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Edited by Peter P. Toth Christopher P. Canno 2011 Cardiovascular disease is highly prevalent throughout the world. The American Heart Association estimates that in the year 2009, the direct and indirect costs of cardiovascular disease in the United States will approximate one-half trillion dollars. Despite a staggering series of discoveries and innovations over the last five decades, cardiovascular […]
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Rüdiger Müller • Johannes von Kempis 2011 The simple goal of this book is to provide a comprehensive overview of clinical trials in rheumatology in an easily readable manner. The constantly growing and increasingly confusing multitude of clinical trials in inflammatory rheumatic diseases first gave us the idea.
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H.F. Baars • J.J. van der Smagt P.A.F.M. Doevendans (Editors) 2011 With this comprehensive textbook on genetic aspects of cardiovascular disease for clinicians, we aim to provide a tool for clinicians, which simply has not been available before. Despite the fact that there is increasing awareness of genetic aspects of cardiovascular disease among both cardiologists and their patients, […]
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Sven Plein, John P. Greenwood John P. Ridgway 2011 Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) has become an established imaging modality with an expanding range of clinical indications. While in the past the CMR imaging was available in only a few specialist centres, the use of CMR is now becoming much more widespread.
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Josef Niebauer (Editor) 2011 Cardiac diseases are still the leading causes of death in industrialized countries. They also induce considerable harm to survivors and often lead to severe and irreversible physical and neurological disabilities.
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