Medical : Cardiovascular

Provides information on the anatomic features, underlying physiologic mechanisms, and treatments for diseases of the heart. This book describes cardiac pacing, defibrillation, cardiac repair using stem cell therapy, robotics, less invasive cardiac surgery, biventricular pacing, and, cardiac bioenergetics. more...

Price: $175.00

Aims to systematically cover specific complications in peripheral vascular interventions. Divided in two parts, this book reviews general aspects on complications in peripheral interventions; and covers the specific vessel areas. It intends to focus on practical tips for the interventionist in the cath-lab to review complicated cases. more...

Price: $209.95

The authors examine what exactly is the vulnerable plaque, how can it be detected, who are likely candidates for vulnerable plaque. more...

Price: $285.00

This text attempts to answer the question: Why do men get more heart disease than women? The book focuses on environmental, behavioural, and psychosocial variables, as well as new risk factors of a biological nature in an attempt to understand the gender gap in heart disease. more...

Price: $116.00

The definitive one-stop guide to treating-and preventing-heart failure. This practical reference provides all the expert guidance and up-to-the-minute clinical perspectives you need to diagnose, treat, and manage patients with heart failure.A major focus of the book is integration of various management approaches to maximize patient benefit. Coverage begins with a brief introduction on the incidence and causes of heart failure, then quickly moves into a more thorough clinical overview of symptom evaluation; pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment methods; hospitalization; surgical treatments; and more. Features: Clear, step-by-step coverage of prevention and all treatment modalities with evidence-based recommendations; Full examination of the types of heart failure, prevalence, morbidity and associated co-morbidities, mortality, risk factors, etiologies, cardiomyopathies, and pathophysiology; Key perspectives on the use of ACE inhibitors, beta-blockers, aldosterone antagonists, IV vasoactive medications, diuretics, digitalis, surgical procedures and devices, and more; Need-to-know procedures for patient evaluation; Heart failure disease management programs and pathways of care that can be applied in any practice setting; Clinically relevant diagrams, figures, and algorithms more...

Price: $95.95