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The Heart in Systemic Autoimmune Diseases
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 276

The Heart in Systemic Autoimmune Diseases

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2004-01-20
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  • Publisher: Elsevier

This first volume represents the state-of-the-art in the field of cardiovascular disease and autoimmune rheumatic diseases. Systemic autoimmune diseases comprise a family of conditions that share common pathogenetic mechanisms as well as a multi-organ involvement including the heart. This volume has been subdivided into three parts. In the first part, the immune mechanisms involved in cardiac damage have been considered. The role of proinflammatory and regulatory cytokines in driving an autoimmune response to cardiac self-tissues has been analysed. Moreover, the prevalence, the clinical meaning and the hypothetical pathogenicity of a broad spectrum of organ and non-organ specific autoantibod...

Inherited Cardiac Disease
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 432

Inherited Cardiac Disease

Every year, thousands of people die or suffer chronic disability as the result of inherited diseases of the cardiovascular system. In many cases, diagnosis of inherited disease is delayed or missed owing to a lack of awareness, and an even greater number of relatives are exposed to unnecessary risk. This new edition of Inherited Cardiac Disease provides a comprehensive summary of the aetiology, presentation, and management of genetic disorders of the cardiovascular system. Fully updated to reflect the advances in molecular genetic technologies and the publication of national guidelines for the management of families with inherited cardiac diseases, it retains the first edition's broad scope ...

Inherited Cardiac Disease
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 433

Inherited Cardiac Disease

Every year, thousands of people die or suffer chronic disability as the result of inherited diseases of the cardiovascular system. In many cases, diagnosis of inherited disease is delayed or missed owing to a lack of awareness, and an even greater number of relatives are exposed to unnecessary risk. This new edition of Inherited Cardiac Disease provides a comprehensive summary of the aetiology, presentation, and management of genetic disorders of the cardiovascular system. Fully updated to reflect the advances in molecular genetic technologies and the publication of national guidelines for the management of families with inherited cardiac diseases, it retains the first edition's broad scope ...

Common Problems in Cardiology
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 337

Common Problems in Cardiology

Common Problems in Cardiology is a comprehensive guide to common cardiology disorders. Each disorder is described by its pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, risks, treatment and management. The book is divided into 23 chapters, each covering a specific disorder, from chest pain and hypertension, to pericardial diseases and cardioembolic stroke. A complete differential diagnosis and analysis is provided with each symptom. Information on cardiovascular risk and non cardiac surgery, preoperative cardiac diagnostic testing, preoperative assessment of patients with valvular heart disease, and revascularisation prior to noncardiac surgery is also provided. Common Problems in Cardiol...

Cardiovascular Problems
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 303

Cardiovascular Problems

This book is designed to provide the practicing GP with all the information needed to deal with cardiovascular problems in the community. As well as providing a scheme for assessment of patients for cardiovascular problems and explanation of common symptoms and signs, it covers all major clinical cardiovascular health topics. This book has taken the core text from the successful Oxford Handbook of General Practice and edited it together to cover the full breadth of cardiovascular care in the community in one easy to access volume. In addition to the core text, this volume also contains a wealth of "extras" which make all the difference - such as helpful tips, self-help strategies for patient...

Color Atlas of Local and Systemic Manifestations of Cardiovascular Disease
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 128

Color Atlas of Local and Systemic Manifestations of Cardiovascular Disease

This brief guide to visual diagnosis helps the novice develop -- and the veteran refresh -- crucial skills that can spare the patient unnecessary testing and bring the physician one step closer to an accurate diagnosis. Dr Saksena draws on his years of experience in teaching and training to show you the physical signs of cardiovascular disease that can be spotted by visual examination. For each sign, a color photograph is paired with explanatory text that: describes the significant features of the sign explains its use in diagnosis identifies the likeliest causes The book provides corroboration of physical signs and other diagnostic information whenever possible and offers extensive references for further study. After an opening chapter on general observations, the author describes signs that can be found in the face, ear, mouth and nose, neck, hand, upper extremity, thorax and back, abdomen, and lower extremity. An appendix covers rarer syndromes associated with cardiovascular disease. Whether you are just developing your diagnostic skills or want to be better able to identify signs of cardiovascular disease, you can count on this atlas for dependable advice.

Cardiovascular Disability
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 304

Cardiovascular Disability

The Social Security Administration (SSA) uses a screening tool called the Listing of Impairments to identify claimants who are so severely impaired that they cannot work at all and thus immediately qualify for benefits. In this report, the IOM makes several recommendations for improving SSA's capacity to determine disability benefits more quickly and efficiently using the Listings.

Oxford Textbook of Medicine: Cardiovascular Disorders
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 689

Oxford Textbook of Medicine: Cardiovascular Disorders

The Oxford Textbook of Medicine: Cardiovascular Disorders is selected from the cardiology section of the renowned Oxford Textbook of Medicine. An authoritative resource on heart disease and beautifully illustrated in full colour, it is an essential guide to best practice in managing and preventing a wide variety of cardiovascular disorders. Chapters on arrhythmias, acute coronary syndromes and cardiac surgery have been completely revised and updated, together with new chapters on blood vessels and the endotheium, cardiac physiology, syncope and palpitations, and cardio-renal syndrome. Heart failure and heart disease in pregnancy are thoroughly treated, while imaging chapters evaluate the lat...

Preventive Cardiology
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 194

Preventive Cardiology

Cardiovascular diseases are responsible for enormous loss of human life involving huge expenditure globally. Being responsible for almost 25 to 30% of deaths often without warning signals, stresses the fact that efforts on Preventive Cardiology with the scientific proof of its efficacy is the only viable option. This book is a useful tool to gain comprehensive knowledge of all basic aspects of common cardiovascular diseases. Hopefully this book may be a useful introduction to preventive cardiology, the medical student, postgraduates in medicine and general public to make awareness on preventio.

Cardiology Explained
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 258

Cardiology Explained

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2004
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  • Publisher: Remedica

One of the most time-consuming tasks in clinical medicine is seeking the opinions of specialist colleagues. There is a pressure not only to make referrals appropriate but also to summarize the case in the language of the specialist. This book explains basic physiologic and pathophysiologic mechanisms of cardiovascular disease in a straightforward manner, gives guidelines as to when referral is appropriate, and, uniquely, explains what the specialist is likely to do. It is ideal for any hospital doctor, generalist, or even senior medical student who may need a cardiology opinion, or for that ma.