Published November, 2010
By David R. Holmes, David R. Holmes Jr., Peter Berger, Alexander Battler, David Hasdai and Peter B. Berger
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Cardiology
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Leading world authorities drawn from cardiology, surgery, pediatrics, internal medicine, and basic science comprehensively survey the diagnostic, therapeutic, and prognostic aspects of cardiogenic shock.

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Published November, 2010
By Gary Gerstenblith
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Cardiology
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The authors explain the physiological changes associated with the normal aging process that may lead to the development of disease, to adverse consequences once disease develops, and which alter the risk-benefit equation for medical and other interventions designed to diagnose, assess, and treat cardiovascular disease.

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Published November, 2010
By Daniel I. Simon and Campbell Rogers
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Cardiology
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These experts examine critical issues related to vascular disease and injury in five major areas: acute mechanical injury and vascular repair, arterial thrombosis, chronic atherosclerosis, vascular disease in transplanted vessels, and vascular disease in systemic and pulmonary arterial hypertension.

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Published November, 2010
By Charles Antzelevitch, Ihor Gussak, Stephen C. Hammill, W.-K. Shen, Preben Bjerregaard and Win K. Shen
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Cardiology
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A comprehensive review of all the latest developments in cardiac electrophysiology, focusing on both the clinical and experimental aspects of ventricular repolarization, including newly discovered clinical repolarization syndromes, electrocardiographic phenomena, and their correlation with the most recent advances in basic science.

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Published November, 2010
By JoAnne Micale Foody and Jo Anne Micale Foody
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Cardiology
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Preventive Cardiology: Insights Into the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease, Second Edition is intended for clinical cardio- gists, internists, primary care providers, and allied health care professionals who wish to extend their knowledge and expertise in the rapidly expanding field of preventive car- ology.

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Published November, 2010
By Jay D. Coffman and Robert T. Eberhardt
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Cardiology
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Published November, 2010
By David A. Morrow
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Cardiology
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In the four pages committed to a discussion of myocardial infarction in the first edition of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, published in 1950, there was no mention of use of the laboratory for management of patients.

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Published November, 2010
By James E. Tcheng and James Tcheng
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Cardiology
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With the introduction of balloon angioplasty in the late 1970s, a few interventional cardiologists braved the question: why not perform emergency angioplasty as a primary reperfusion strategy?

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Published November, 2010
By Leslee J. Shaw and Rita F. Redberg
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Cardiology
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Additional chapters examine the effects of gender bias in diagnosis and treatment, the role of gynecologists as primary care physicians for women, health technology assessment in an era of managed care, and the problems of analyzing cost-effectiveness in the diagnosis and treatment of coronary artery disease in women.

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Published November, 2010
By A. Michael Lincoff
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Cardiology
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