Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Diagnosis and Treatment of Myocarditis

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Editor José Milei and Giuseppe Ambrosio
ISBN 978-953-51-1082-8
196 pages, May, 2013
Downloads: 155

Myocarditis is a clinical syndrome, most frequently of infectious etiology, that occurs with a broad range of relatively non-specific symptoms, and consists of an inflammatory process of the heart with necrosis and degeneration of the myocardium by ...
Recent Advances in the Field of Ventricular Assist Devices

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Editor Kazuo Komamura
ISBN 978-953-51-1111-5
93 pages, May, 2013
Downloads: 129

Recent Advances in the Field of Ventricular Assist Devices covers recent various advances and developments relating to ventricular assist devices and their diverse complications. Firstly, we overview recent technical advances as well as current indic ...
Aortic Aneurysm - Recent Advances

Editor Cornelia Amalinei
ISBN 978-953-51-1081-1
229 pages, April, 2013
Downloads: 198

An increase in aortic aneurysm occurrence is registered, despite considerable advances in surgical interventions. Consequently, numerous researchers have been trying to improve the understanding the aortic aneurysm pathogenesis in order to facilitate ...
What Should We Know About Prevented, Diagnostic, and Interventional Therapy in Coronary Artery Disease

Editor Branislav G. Baskot
ISBN 978-953-51-1043-9
472 pages, March, 2013
Downloads: 468

The mortality from ischemic heart disease has decreased in recent years. The better understanding of risk factors associated with development of coronary artery disease has significantly contributed to this decline. Improvements in medical and interv ...
Artery Bypass

Editor Wilbert S. Aronow
ISBN 978-953-51-1025-5
535 pages, March, 2013
Downloads: 421

The latest diagnostic and therapeutic modalities in the management of coronary artery disease by coronary artery bypass graft surgery and by percutaneous coronary intervention with stenting and in the interventional management of other atherosclerot ...
Atrial Fibrillation - Mechanisms and Treatment

Editor Tong Liu
ISBN 978-953-51-1023-1
238 pages, February, 2013
Downloads: 468

Atrial fibrillation is a rapidly evolving epidemic associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, and its prevalence has increased over the past few decades. In the past few years, the recent understanding of the diverse mechanisms ...
Ischemic Heart Disease

Editor David C. Gaze
ISBN 978-953-51-0993-8
200 pages, February, 2013
Downloads: 662

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is ranked as the leading cause of death world wide, responsible for 17.1 million deaths globally each year. Such numbers are often difficult to comprehend. A coronary even occurs every 25 seconds and CVD kills one person ...
Cardiac Defibrillation

Editor Damir Erkapic, Tamas Bauernfeind
ISBN 978-953-51-0931-0
178 pages, January, 2013
Downloads: 486

Sudden cardiac death and ventricular arrhythmia play a prominent role in mortality in our era. One of the biggest milestones in the therapy of ventricular arrhythmias was the invention of cardiac defibrillation. There were several important developme ...