Cardiology category: 1797 books

4,000 quick-hit Q&As and over 100 X-ray and ultrasound images help you ace the Urology boards Like flashcards in a book, this quick-hit question and answer review for the urology boards provides intense, streamlined review and is the perfect complement to larger urology and surgery texts....

This book collects several contributions, written both by statisticians and medical doctors, which focus on the identification of new diagnostic, therapeutic and organizational strategies in order to improve the occurrence of clinical outcomes for Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS) patients. The work...

This issue of Heart Failure Clinics examines the pharmacologic approaches to heart failure: optimizing established therapy with a look toward future agents. Topics include the pathophysiologic foundation for the pharmacologic treatment of heart failure, treatment of heart failure with reducted ejection...

…The cardiac unit is a jungle, inhabited by fierce nurses, killer intensivists, marauding attendings, various flesh-eating specialists, sick patients, and lots of arrhythmias. –from the Preface Can you recognize the call of the normal sinus rhythm? Name the natural habitat of Multifocal...

Magnetic resonance imaging of the heart allows a quick and exact evaluation of global and regional pump function, regional myocardial wall motion, myocardial perfusion and coronary blood flow. Some of these parameters must also be analyzed under stress conditions to identify myocardial ischemia. By...

Pulmonary hypertension refers to abnormally high pressure In the pulmonary arteries resulting in right heart failure Unless treated pulmonary hypertension can be a life-threatening illness. The fluid in the lung cavity prevents the air to fill the lungs to fullness Symptoms are often the first...

This text provides physicians with the basic business skills in order for them to become involved in the financial aspect of their practices. The text will help the physician decide what kind of practice they would like to join (i.e. private practice, small group practice, solo practice, hospital...

This book is about the illness diary of a person who survived three conditions at the same time which were life threatening. It includes information about the news when it was received, how it was taken by the author, how she reacted, and her coping strategies. It finally includes the signs, symptoms...

Now that Chelation Therapy has been statistically proven to work on heart disease, especially diabetic heart disease by the National Institutes of Health, we see how the American Heart Association, mainstream media, and BigPharma are making sure you don't find out that you can make more intelligent...

Atrial flutter (AFL) is an abnormality of the heart rhythm, resulting in a rapid and sometimes irregular heartbeat.It happens when the upper chambers of the heart beat too fast.When the chambers in the top of the heart (atria) beat faster than the bottom ones (ventricles), it causes the heart rhythm...

Heart Attack (Ischemic Heart Disease) is a medical disorder that happens when the coronary arteries become blocked reducing blood flow to the heart muscles.The blood supply to the part of the heart can not give sufficient oxygen and nutrients to the muscles of the heart.The cells in that affected...

Ventricular septal defect is the presence of one or more holes in the wall that separates the right and left ventricles of the heart.Ventricular septal defect is one of the most common congenital heart defects.The defect may occur by itself or with other congenital diseases.Ventricular septal defect...

According to the American Heart Association, heart disease is the number one cause of death in the United States, having taken 380,000 individuals in 2010. Beyond that staggering statistic, over 83 million Americans currently have heart disease or have had a stroke. Whether you have just been...