Heinrich Sauer · Ajay M. Shah · Francisco R.M. Laurindo Editors 2010 The role of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the cardiovascular system is Janusfaced. Whereas low concentrations of ROS are involved in variety of physiological signalling events, oxidative stress resulting from deregulated overproduction of ROS and/or impaired antioxidant defences contributes to cardiovascular disease.

Roy C.P. Kerckhoffs Editor 2012 Advances in medical technologies such as noninvasive imaging have had a proven impact on diagnosis, surgical planning, and clinical management with resultant improvements in clinical outcomes.

Lucio Annunziato Editor 2010 Ionic Transporters, Pumps, and New Channels Stroke is a leading cause of serious, long-term disability in the world. Every 45 seconds someone is affected by stroke and on average every 3–4 min someone dies of focal ischemia. In fact, 15 million people suffer from stroke worldwide each year. Of these, five million die and […]

Boris Ja. Kogan 2010 Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation The main objective of this text is to provide a comprehensive, in-depth introduction to the background materials, fundamental concepts, and research challenges in mathematical modeling and computer simulation of electrophysiological heart processes, under both normal and pathological conditions.

Gregory YH Lip Dr Eduard Shantsila 2010

Claudio Smuclovisky 2010 A Case-Based Atlas Cardiac CT angiography (CCTA) started to be extensively studied with the commercial availability of 16-slice CT scanners in 2002. It then became feasible to acquire cardiac studies more reliably in a single breath hold and with isotropic submillimeter spatial resolution.  

Peter W. Macfarlane ⋅ A. van Oosterom ⋅ Olle Pahlm⋅ Paul Kligfield ⋅ Michiel Janse ⋅ John Camm (Eds.) 2010 The first edition of Comprehensive Electrocardiology was published in , when e-mail was still in its infancy (!!), and it was never envisaged at that time that a new edition would be prepared. It is probably […]

A. Stewart Truswell 2010 The Research on Diet and Coronary Heart Disease 1900–2000 The twentieth century was a golden age for research in human nutrition, especially on vitamins and coronary heart disease (CHD). Yet in 1900 there were no departments, research groups or other professionals devoted to its study and practice.