Published December, 2010
By Nicholas S. Hill and Harrison W. Farber
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Cardiology
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This timely volume addresses the areas of pathophysiology and therapy of pulmonary hypertension, which have seen exciting developments over the past decade. The discoveries of endothelin overexpression as well as prostacyclin and nitric oxide deficiency in association with pulmonary hypertension have led to important therapeutic insights.

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Published December, 2010
By Aristidis Veves and Michael T. Johnstone
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Cardiology
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The importance of this text on Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease is evident by the magnitude of the population affected by diabetes mellitus. The prognosis of patients with diabetes mellitus who develop overt clinical cardiovascular disease is much worse than those cardiovascular patients free of diabetes mellitus.

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Published December, 2010
By Mehmet C Oz and Daniel J. Goldstein
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Cardiology
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In some parts of the world, the procedures were viewed as commodities and prices dropped as providers were unable to differentiate the quality of their work. In effect, what we were really searching for was a life saving procedure that also preserved quality of life.

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Published December, 2010
By U. Joseph Schoepf
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Cardiology
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Leading clinicians and researchers from around the world review the full scope of current developments, research, and scientific controversy regarding the principles and applications of cardiac CT.

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Published November, 2010
By Martin Quinn, Desmond Fitzgerald and Dermott Cox
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Cardiology
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The authors delineate an up-to-date picture of platelet biology and describe methods for assessing platelet function, including the commonly used platelet aggregation, thromboxane production, procoagulant function, platelet function under flow, and the expression of platelet activation markers.

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Published November, 2010
By Roger J. Laham and Donald S. Baim
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Cardiology
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An interdisciplinary panel of pioneers and opinion leaders review the basic, preclinical, clinical, and developmental pathways to new treatment strategies, such as therapeutic angiogenesis and myogenesis.

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Published November, 2010
By Joseph Loscalzo and Joseph A. Vita
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Cardiology
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Leading clinical and experimental investigators comprehensively review the chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology, physiology, and pathophysiology of nitric oxide in the cardiovascular systems.

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Published November, 2010
By Mehmet C Oz
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Cardiology
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A comprehensive review by renowned authorities of the many exciting developments occurring across the rapidly emerging field of "minimally invasive" or "minimal access" cardiac surgery.

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Published November, 2010
By James C. Fang and Gregory S. Couper
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Cardiology
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Couper, MD, have assembled a panel of prominent surgeons and cardiologists to review the latest clinical, scientific, and investigational surgical and mechanical approaches to heart failure in hopes of improving the lives of this challenging group of patients.

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Published November, 2010
By Stavros Konstantinides, S.Z. Goldhaber and Stavros V. Konstantinides
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Cardiology
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This practical volume highlights traditional, novel, and evolving aspects of the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary embolism (PE). Important aspects of diagnosis, risk stratification, and differential treatment of patients with PE are presented in a concise, yet comprehensive manner.

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