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  • Atrial Septal Defect
    Atrial Septal Defect NEW
    Editor P. Syamasundar Rao
    (ISBN) 978-953-51-0531-2
    184 pages, April, 2012
    Downloads: 228
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    Atrial Septal Defects (ASDs) are relatively common both in children and adults. Recent reports of increase in the prevalence of ASD may be related use of color Doppler echocardiography. The etiology of the ASD is largely unknown. While the majority o ...
  • The Cardiovascular System - Physiology, Diagnostics and Clinical Implications
    The Cardiovascular System - Physiology, Diagnostics and Clinical Implications NEW
    Editor David C. Gaze
    (ISBN) 978-953-51-0534-3
    478 pages, April, 2012
    Downloads: 433
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    The cardiovascular system includes the heart located centrally in the thorax and the vessels of the body which carry blood. The cardiovascular (or circulatory) system supplies oxygen from inspired air, via the lungs to the tissues around the body. It ...
  • Traditional and Novel Risk Factors in Atherothrombosis
    Traditional and Novel Risk Factors in Atherothrombosis
    Editor Efrain Gaxiola
    (ISBN) 978-953-51-0561-9
    140 pages, April, 2012
    Downloads: 211
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    Atherothrombosis has reached pandemic proportions worldwide. It is the underlying condition that results in events leading to myocardial infarction, ischemic stroke and vascular death. As such, it is the leading cause of death worldwide manifested ma ...
  • Coronary Interventions
    Coronary Interventions
    Editor Neville Kukreja
    (ISBN) 978-953-51-0498-8
    244 pages, April, 2012
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  • Tachycardia
    Tachycardia
    Editor Takumi Yamada
    (ISBN) 978-953-51-0413-1
    202 pages, March, 2012
    Downloads: 406
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    Heart rates are normally controlled by a natural pacemaker, the sinus node, and normal heart rhythm is called sinus rhythm. Tachycardia is defined as a faster heart rhythm than normal sinus rhythm. Tachycardias can cause symptoms such as palpitations ...
  • Antihypertensive Drugs
    Antihypertensive Drugs
    Editor Hossein Babaei
    (ISBN) 978-953-51-0462-9
    160 pages, March, 2012
    Downloads: 480
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    Hypertension, known as a "silent killer" is widely prevalent and a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. It afflicts more than one billion population worldwide and is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. The authors of the chapters lo ...