Thoracic category: 706 books

Cover of Tuberculosis
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

Completely revised and updated, this comprehensive resource covers the epidemiology, pathogenesis, varied clinical manifestations, treatment and prevention of tuberculosis. All of the extra-pulmonary as well as pulmonary manifestations of tuberculosis are covered. Atypical mycobacterial infection...
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Smoking and Lung Inflammation

Basic, Pre-Clinical and Clinical Research Advances

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Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2013

Smoking and Lung Inflammation is the first book directly related to chronic lung inflammation of its kind in several respects. First, the it focuses on both basic and clinical research on COPD, and the inflammatory mechanisms that function in these diseases. Second, it is unique with respect to...
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Molecular Basis of Pulmonary Disease

Insights from Rare Lung Disorders

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Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2010

The study of rare lung disorders enhances our understanding of common pulmonary diseases such as fibrosis and emphysema. Molecular Basis of Lung Disease: Insights from Rare Disorders brings together a panel of distinguished clinicians and molecular scientists who are experts in a range of rare lung...
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Artificial Heart 3

Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Artificial Heart and Assist Devices, February 16–17, 1990, Tokyo, Japan

by J.M. Anderson, L.H. Cohn, P.L. Frommer
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

The International Symposium on Artificial Heart and Assist Devices has been held three times, first in 1985, then in 1987 and 1990. It is my great pleasure to present Artificial Heart 3 (Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Artificial Heart and Assist Devices). The third symposium was...
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Prospects of Heart Surgery

Psychological Adjustment to Coronary Bypass Grafting

by Alan Radley
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

Prospects of Heart Surgery: Psychological Adjustment to Coronary Bypass Grafting reports on a study of how patients and their spouses adjusted to the prospect, and then to the outcome, of coronary graft surgery. The focus upon patients' social relationships rather than upon individuals reveals that...
Cover of Manual of Cardiac Surgery
by F.M. Harwin, A. Starr, B.J. Harlan
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

difficult, to represent it as the surgeon sees it, and to understand the anat­ omy, which is not always visible. In part, this was accomplished by paint­ ing on both surfaces of transparent paper to create the illusion of looking through superficial layers to the deeper structures. A combination...
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Cardiac Valve Allografts

Science and Practice

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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

CARDIAC VALVE ALLOGRAFTS (HOMOGRAFTS) highlights the current controversy about freehand subcoronary aortic valve and root replacement with regard to postoperative morbidity and long term durability. It discusses particular implantation techniques of preference in young patients and in different root...
Cover of Cases in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy E-Book
by Cheuk-Man Yu, MD, FRCP (London/Edin)
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2014

Cases in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy, a brand-new medical reference book for cardiologists, electrophysiologists, surgeons, and primary care doctors, offers aninformative and structured view of the newest approaches, treatments and follow-up care methods for heart failure patients treated with...
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Endocarditis

Diagnosis and Management

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Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016

This new addition will provide an update on the current prophylaxis guidelines, the new diagnostic approach in the detection of the disease, the proposed schemas to predict prognosis, and the new treatment strategies to improve the outcome of patients afflicted with this serious condition.   Endocarditis...
Cover of The Multiple Inert Gas Elimination Technique (MIGET)
by Susan R. Hopkins, Peter D. Wagner
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017

The Multiple Inert Gas Elimination Technique (MIGET) is a complex methodology involving specialized gas chromatography and sophisticated mathematics developed in the early 1970’s. Essentially, nobody possesses knowledge of all its elements except for its original developers, and while some practical...
Cover of Chlamydia Pneumoniae Infection
by Luigi Allegra, Francesco Blasi
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

A flood of data indicate the importance and the relevance in both respiratory and extrapulmonary disease of Chlamydia pneumoniae infection today. Antibody prevalence rates in Western countries reach 50% in the adult population and remain high in old age suggesting a high rate of reinfection. Chlamydia...
Cover of Reoperations in Cardiac Surgery
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

Nearly a century has passed since Rehn performed the first successful cardiac operation by closing a right ventricular stab wound in a gravely ill patient. Moreover, it has been more than fifty years since Gross successfully corrected the first congenital cardiac malformation in 1938 by suture ligation...
Cover of Stem Cells in the Respiratory System
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Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2010

In this state-of-the-art exploration of a hugely dynamic and fast-evolving field of research, leading researchers share their collective wisdom on the role that stem cells could play in the context of physiological stress and lung injury. The text focuses on reviewing the most relevant—and recent—ideas...
Cover of Current Concepts in Medical Research and Practice
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Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2018

Change is an inherent feature of all aspects of clinical practice and patient management. This book seeks to contribute to presenting novel knowledge in various fields of clinical work. The articles tackle transdisciplinary topics and focus on the underlying mechanisms of clinical disorders, their...
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