The Most Focused, Comprehensive, and Easy-to-Use Quick Reference in Cardiology

This latest addition to the Lange Current Series features alphabetically-organized, easy-to-read, two-page bulleted spreads covering everything from syndromes and symptoms to diagnosis and treatment for all areas of cardiology. This information-packed quick reference is perfect for busy clinicians who don't have the time to consult with large references or online databases that are too comprehensive for their immediate treatment needs.

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 to 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,...

Everything you need to incorporate complementary and alternative therapies into traditional cardiology practice

..".a milestone in the inevitable merging of the two fields."--Dr. Andrew T. Weil, MD

Written by the leading experts in cardiology and integrative medicine, this practical resource delivers a critical and balanced assessment of the evidence for complementary alternative medicine (CAM) approaches and their use in conjunction with traditional therapies.

Comprehensive coverage includes:

• CAM treatment modalities
• Legal and...

The most convenient, easy-to-use resource for interpreting EKG readings -- full of clinical facts, figures, and data you will rely on again and again

This handy guide has all the information you need to effectively decipher every type of electrocardiogram, from the most basic to the most challenging. More than any other resource, EKGs and Cardiac Studies concisely explains how to understand and interpret EKG reading for all types of disease states.

Features:

• All the bottom-line, clinical essentials for understanding common and uncommon...

This volume sets out to consider a range of cardiac diseases for which drugs may play a therapeutic role by virtue of their effects on aspects of the immune system. The book reviews diseases of the heart which may involve an immunopharmacological component, and methods and techniques for the study of physiological and biochemical functions in the heart. An important focus is the immunopharmacology of the coronary vascular endothelium and the role of cellular and biochemical components of the immune system in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. The content also includes a review of the use of...

The Encyclopedia of Heart Diseases is an accurate and reliable source of in-depth information on the diseases that kill more than 12 million individuals worldwide each year. In fact, cardiovascular diseases are more prevalent than the combined incidence of all forms of cancer, diabetes, asthma and leukemia. In one volume, this Encylopedia thoroughly covers these ailments and also includes in-depth analysis of less common and rare heart conditions to round out the volume's scope. Researchers, clinicians, and students alike will all find this resource an invaluable tool for quick...

Primer on Cerebrovascular Diseases is a handy reference source for scientists, students, and physicians needing reliable, up-to-date information on basic mechanisms, physiology, pathophysiology, and medical issues related to brain vasculature. The book consists of short, specific chapters written by international experts on cerebral vasculature, and presents the information in a comprehensive and easily accessible manner. The book also contains valuable information on practical applications of basic research.

• Presents topics in a comprehensive and accessible...

The editors have bridged the gap between scientific rigour and accessi bility to produce a book which helps members of the primary health car e team to fulfil their obligation to identify people with cardiovascul ar risk factors among their patients and set up clinics to help reduce that risk. After chapters on how to recognize the risk factors they a re given practical methods of risk reduction and guidelines for implem entation in practice.

This book presents the most up-to-date knowledge concerning Raynaud's disease, an autoimmune disorder distinguished by well-demarcated blanching or cyanosis of one or more digits on exposure to cold, that occurs in episodic attacks. Especially common among young women, researchers estimate that the phenomenon may affect up to 10% of the female population. The volume provides coverage of the disease as a primary illness and as the secondary result of another disorder. The only available text on Raynaud's, the book includes a comprehensive discussion of the physiology of finger blood flow, and...

Coronary heart disease remains the leading cause of death in both men and women in most industrialized countries. Yet it is largely preventable, and health care providers can acquire the skills to help their patients reduce their risks substantially. Traditional risk factors such as cigarette smoking, hypercholesterolimia, hypertension, sedentary lifestyle, obesity and glucose intolerance explain a major proportion of coronary events. Recent evidence also suggests important adjunctive roles for hormone replacement therapy in postmenopausal women, and aspirin prophlaxis in individuals at high...

This new account of the pathogenesis of essential hypertension (EH) represents a detailed analysis of the main components of the circulatory control system. The latter's properties resemble those of man-made adaptive control systems in which regulatory parameters are altered when operating conditions exceed certain limits, often through neural mechanisms.

Inheritance of EH depends on both genes and environment. The high blood pressure (BP) genes have not yet been definitively identified, whilst the main environmental causes are mental stress, high dietary salt intake and obesity. EH...

The most common cause of premature death in the U.S. and in many of the world's countries is atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, which includes coronary heart disease, peripheral vascular disease, and stroke. Most epidemiologic studies of risk factors for atherosclerosis have been conducted in adult populations, yet there is now clear evidence that the atherosclerotic process begins at a very early age. This book reviews recent findings that help physicians identify and manage children and adolescents who are at the highest risk for developing premature cardiovascular disease in later...

From reviews of previous editions:
"This remains...the best book to buy on the subject of exercise testing...an excellent book aimed at general physicians and cardiologists...recommended with enthusiasm."--International Journal of Cardiology
"This book is to be recommended to all physicians who use exercise testing as a diagnostic or rehabilitation procedure..."--Cardiology in Practice
"This is an excellent and detailed text describing the principles and practice of stress testing...I highly recommend this book for anyone involved in non-invasive...

This book is an attempt to bridge the widening gap between bioengineer ing, cardiovascular and clinical science and practice. It is based on a conference that included flow modelling in arteries and bypass graft s, concepts of fluid dynamics and turbulence in the system, and heomor heology and haemodnamics exploring factors that play a role in coronar y circulations. This is a collection of papers from leaders in each of these and related fields and will be of major importance to anyone wo rking in the mathematical or medical professions as an up-to-date trea tment on the study of biological...

Cardiovascular disease remains the major cause of morbidity and mortality throughout the developed world and it is also rapidly increasing in the developing world. Cardiovascular medicine and the specialty of cardiology continues to expand, and the remit of the cardiologist is forever broader with the development of new sub-specialties. "The Oxford Handbook of Cardiology" is written by cardiologists and cardiac surgeons. It provides practical advice and background information on common cardiac conditions, including coronary artery disease, arrhythmias, valvular and congenital heart disease,...

Cardiac Cuisine is a how-to for healthier eating: sample weight-loss and weight-maintenance menus are supplemented by clear explanations of nutritional facts and of the nutrition information on packaged foods. Cooking methods designed to reduce the amount of fats and salts in our diet are explained. The book includes about seventy recipes, developed in accordance with the American Heart Assocation's diet plan. Simple but delicious snacks, soups, salads, main dishes, and desserts will give yo a head start on developing new eating patterns that will keep you healthy and diminish the risk...

WEGENER'S GRANULOMATOSIS & ANCA-ASSOCIATED DISEASES: THE STORY CONTINUES The disease now designated as Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) was first described in 1931 by Heinz Klinger, who considered it to be a special form of polyarteritis nodosa. Klinger's friend, Friedrich Wegener, expanded on the first observations and interpreted the pathological and clinical fmdings to represent a distinct disease entity (Wegener, 1939). He described this entity as a "peculiar rhinogenous granulomatosis with a unique participation of the arterial system and the kidneys." Later, Godman and Churg (1954)...

This book is an articulate, concise, contemporary introduction to the study of important variables underlying cardiovascular reactivity. Its strength is in the combination of a scholarly but nonpedantic approach to cardiovascular psychophysiology and a solid understanding of be havioral medicine approaches to the study of hypertension. The topics covered are central to the study of relationships between behavior and cardiovascular reactivity; the list of suggested readings at the end of each chapter provides excellent guidance for more detailed study of specific issues. It has now been more...

Potassium channels (K⁺) are membrane-spanning proteins which serve many important functions and are becoming a hot topic in physiology. K⁺ channels determine or modulate many functions of vascular smooth muscle, endothelial and inflammatory cells, and thus are central to regulation of arterial tone and control of cell proliferation. They are also promising targets for antihypertensive treatments with drugs which open and close specific types of K⁺ channels, making for an active field of research. With their ability to control vascular tone, voltage-gated...

Diabetes and cardiovascular disease together account for the largest portion of health care spending compared to all other diseases in Western society. This work seeks to provide an understanding of the causes of diabetes and its cardiovascular complications. As this understanding becomes more widely appreciated, it will serve as a foundation for evidence-based care and wider acceptance of sound science. The International Conference on Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease, held in Winnipeg, in June 1999, was organized to bring together a multi-disciplinary group of researchers dedicated to...