Thoracic category: 706 books

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Microcirculation of the Heart

Theoretical and Clinical Problems

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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

Microcirculation is a rather new field which has been of predominant interest to basic scientists, linking togeth~r technical, hemodynamic, and biochemical aspects. The fmdings elaborated, however, are not only of theoretical interest, but bear in addition great clinical implications. In clinical...
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Prognosis of Coronary Heart Disease Progression of Coronary Arteriosclerosis

International Symposium Held in Bad Krozingen October 22–23, 1982

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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

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Critical Leg Ischaemia

Its Pathophysiology and Management

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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

Jean Natali The pathophysiology and management of chronic critical limb -ischaemia (CLI) has always been a problematic area, at least partly because it involves doc­ tors from a wide range of the traditional medical specialities including vascular surgery, angiology, diabetology, haematology and...
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by Thomas Ischinger
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

After 7 years of clinical use, percutaneous transluminal coronary angio­ plasty (PTCA) has now found worldwide acceptance, and its basic techniques are well standardized. A growing number of invasive cardi­ ologists are acquainting themselves with the procedure in order to be in a position to offer...
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Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Care

Volume 2: Quality Improvement and Patient Safety

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Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2014

There are growing questions regarding the safety, quality, risk management, and costs of PCC teams, their training and preparedness, and their implications on the welfare of patients and families. This innovative book, authored by an international authorship, will highlight the best practices in improving...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2017

This is a concise review of up-to-date concepts and techniques in the discipline of heart transplantation. It is a review and reference for practitioners managing patients with advanced heart disease, including patients with end-stage heart failure, mechanical circulatory support or transplant recipients....
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by Talmadge E King Jr., MD, Harold R Collard
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2012

The guest editors for this issue, Talmadge King, Harold Collard, celebrated pulmonary specialists from UCSF, and Luca Richeldi, renowned visiting professor to UCSF from University of Modena, Italy, bring together a state-of-the-art issue on the important topic of Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD). ...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014

As the first revision text aimed specifically at the Knowledge-Based Assessment, Essential Revision Notes for Cardiology KBA is the cornerstone of your revision for this new and compulsory examination. Each chapter exactly maps the core cardiology training curriculum, giving measurable assurance that...
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Pericardial Disease

New Insights and Old Dilemmas

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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

In November 1986, I was invited to attend a symposium held in Barcelona on Diseases of the Pericardium. The course was directed by Dr. J. Soler-Soler, director of Cardiology at Hospital General Vall d'Hebron in Barcelona. During my brief but delightful visit to this institution, my appreciation of...
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Mechanical Circulatory Support for Advanced Heart Failure

A Texas Heart Institute/Baylor College of Medicine Approach

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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017

This book provides the most up to date information on every aspect of clinical care relating to patients with advanced heart failure who require mechanical circulatory support as a treatment strategy. The book begins with an extensive description of the preoperative patient selection process as well...
Cover of Atlas of Perioperative 3D Transesophageal Echocardiography
by Wei-Hsian Yin, Ming-Chon Hsiung
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2016

This book presents a series of over 50 cases in 3D transesophageal echocardiography. In each case, background information is followed by a step-by-step approach to patient diagnosis and postoperative outcomes. The book’s most outstanding highlight consists in over 600 illustrations, which mainly...
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Edge-to-Edge Mitral Repair

From a Surgical to a Percutaneous Approach

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Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2015

This is the first comprehensive review of the edge-to-edge technique for mitral repair, which was introduced into the surgical armamentarium in 1991 by one of the authors, Ottavio Alfieri. The surgical technique employed in edge-to-edge repair today provides the basis for the only reliable method...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

Over two centuries ago, oxygen was discovered as "air vital": the component of the earth's atmosphere necessary for life. Less than five years after this discovery, it was found that oxygen was both a life-sustaining and life threatening inhalant as it plays a role in the two extremes of...
Cover of Sleep, Memory and Learning, An Issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics - E-Book
by Robert Stickgold, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2011

This issue dives into the study of sleep function, particularly as it relates to memory and cognition. Any clinician who sees patients with sleep disorders, or in particular any sleep medicine specialist, will find this information enlightening and invaluable, as it discusses the current state of...
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