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  • Diagnosis and Treatment of Myocarditis
    Diagnosis and Treatment of Myocarditis NEW
    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
    Recent Advances in the Field of Ventricular Assist Devices NEW
    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
    Aortic Aneurysm - Recent Advances
    Editor Cornelia Amalinei
    ISBN 978-953-51-1081-1
    229 pages, April, 2013
    Downloads: 199
    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
    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: 469
    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
    Artery Bypass
    Editor Wilbert S. Aronow
    ISBN 978-953-51-1025-5
    535 pages, March, 2013
    Downloads: 422
    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
    Atrial Fibrillation - Mechanisms and Treatment
    Editor Tong Liu
    ISBN 978-953-51-1023-1
    238 pages, February, 2013
    Downloads: 469
    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
    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
    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 ...