Jürgen Hescheler · Erhard Hofer Editors 2014 Potential for Regenerative Medicine of the Cardiovascular System There is hardly an area of research developing so quickly and raising so much hopes and promises as stem cell research. Embryonic, fetal, and adult stem cells provide cells with pluri- and multipotency, respectively, and allow deeper insights into mechanisms […]
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Joseph Varon, Robert E. Fromm, Jr. 2014 The fields of Acute and Critical Care Medicine are relatively new. Over the past few decades, we have seen an enormous growth in the number of intensive care units (ICUs) and free standing Emergency Departments (EDs) in the USA. Thousands of medical students, residents, fellows, attending physicians, critical […]
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Karen Sliwa • John Anthony Editors 2014 The spectrum of cardiovascular disease affecting women in pregnancy and postpartum is changing and differs between countries. In the western world, the risk of cardiovascular disease in pregnancy has increased due to the increasing age at the first pregnancy and the worldwide obesity epidemic leading also to early […]
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Jean-Jacques Feige • Gilles Pagès Fabrice Soncin Editors 2014 From Ontogenesis to Oncogenesis
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Adrian Covic • Mehmet Kanbay Edgar V. Lerma Editors 2014 For more than 100 years, it has been recognized that lipids play an important role in the expansion of cardiovascular disease. Furthermore, therapeutic strategies targeting hyperlipidemia/dyslipidemia have had a profound impact on decreasing cardiovascular mortality and morbidity in various disease populations. In chronic kidney disease, […]
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Robert S. Dieter • Raymond A. Dieter Jr. Raymond A. Dieter III Editors 2014 A Case-Based Approach Because of improvements in minimally invasive technologies, the endovascular approach is being increasingly used in the treatment of vascular diseases. By eliminating the need for an extensive incision, this approach avoids the trauma of conventional surgery, which can result in postoperative […]
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Christine M. Houser 2014 A Practically Painless Review Keeping all of the relevant information at your fingertips in a field as broad as pediatrics is both an important task and quite a lot to manage. Add to that the busy schedule most physicians and physicians-to-be carry of practice or studies, family life, and personal obligations, and it can […]
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Nayab Batool Rizvi • Saeed Ahmad Nagra 2014 Cu, Mg, Se, Zn and Lipid Serum Profiles for the Example of Patients in Pakistan Cardiovascular disorders are on the rise in developing countries, and SARC countries are no exception to it. Data on any aspect of these disorders, with reference to local living conditions, is very scarce. The […]
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Sara Booth • Julie Burkin Catherine Moffat • Anna Spathis 2014 This book has been written to help clinicians give the best care possible to people suffering from the effects of intractable breathlessness from advanced disease. The word people is used here, rather than patients for several reasons. First, although intractable breathlessness is managed primarily within a clinical, medical system […]
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Mustafa Arici Editor 2014 A Clinician’s Guide I am very pleased to offer the first edition of Management of Chronic Kidney Disease: A Clinician’s Guide . Actually, there are many textbooks devoted to general nephrology or books that are particularly focused on dialysis or renal transplantation. However, there is a real deficiency of books devoted particularly to the care […]
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