Aortic Valve Stenosis Current View on Diagnostics and Treatment

Ischemic Heart Disease

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is ranked as the leading cause of death world wide, responsible for 17.1 million deaths globally each year. This text reviews the epidemiology, development, risk factors, diagnosis and treatment of ischemic heart disease.

Author(s): David C. Gaze

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Hypertension by University of Michigan

This note provides you with information on how a specific mind-body therapy, meditation, may be used for treatment and/or prevention of hypertension. Topics covered includes: Contraindications, Determining the Most Appropriate Recommendation, Forms of Meditation, specific mind-body therapy, Introduction to the Patient with elevated blood pressures, Meditation, Mind-Body Interventions and Photo Attributions.

Author(s): University of Michigan

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Recent Trends in Cardiovascular Risks

All chapters in this book are related to the advances in cardiovascular risks. Chapters are useful for clinicians, medical practitioners, researchers, teachers, and students. Chapters include flow charts, diagrams, and tables for easy comprehension of overall risks of cardiovascular disease.

Author(s): Arun Kumar

126 Pages

Your Guide To A Healthy Heart

This guide covers the following topics: Heart Disease: Why Should You Care, What You Need To Know About Heart Disease, Major Risk Factors, Smoking, High Blood Pressure, High Blood Cholesterol, What Else Affects Heart Disease, Heart Health Is a Family Affair.

Author(s): U.S. Department Of Health And Human Services, National Institutes Of Health

95 Pages

Coronary Artery Disease Assessment, Surgery, Prevention

Coronary artery atherosclerosis is the most common cardiac pathology, which is the primary cause of cardiac mortality. Coronary artery stenosis usually involves the proximal portion of the larger epicardial coronary arteries, but diffuse coronary artery disease is also not rare. Topics covered includes: Regadenoson, Noninvasive Imaging for the Assessment of Coronary Artery Disease, Non-Invasive Imaging of Coronary Artery Disease, Optical Coherence Tomography for the Assessment of Coronary Plaque Vulnerability, Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery, Surgical Treatment in Diffuse Coronary Artery Disease, Mechanical Complications of Myocardial Infarction, Diabetes and Coronary Artery Disease, Obesity and Heart Diseases, a Worsened Epidemic in Recent Decades, Prevention of Coronary Artery Disease through Diet.

Author(s): Kaan Kirali

312 Pages

Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease by WHO

This PDF covers the following topics related to Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease : The total risk approach to prevention of cardiovascular disease, Recommendations for prevention of cardiovascular disease, Basis of recommendations , Modification of behaviour, Psychosocial factors, Multiple risk factor interventions, Blood pressure lowering, Targets for blood pressure, Choice of initial drug therapy, Lipid lowering, Benefits, Risks, Monitoring of treatment, Cost-effectiveness, feasibility and resource implications of antihypertensive and statin therapy, Control of glycaemia, Aspirin therapy, Risks, Balance of risks and benefits, Fixed-dose combinations, Hormone therapy.

Author(s): World Health Organization

92 Pages

Cardiothoracic Trauma

The aim of this study was to describe rare but serious and sometimes fatal entities in patients with cardiothoracic trauma sustained in two Scandinavian countries, and to determine the outcome.

Author(s): Moheb A. Rashid, M.D.

94 Pages

Basic Hemodynamics (PDF 27P)

This note covers the following topics: Intracardiac pressures, Flow measurements and Vascular flow resistance.

Author(s): Miguel A. Quinones, MD, FACC Chairman, Department of Cardiology

27 Pages

Atherosclerosis

This note covers the following topics: Signs and symptoms, Diagnosis, Overview of Atherosclerosis, Etiology of Atherosclerosis, Risk Factors for Atherosclerosis, Epidemiology of Atherosclerosis, Patient Education in Atherosclerosis, Patient History, Physical Examination, Lipid Profile, Blood Glucose and Hemoglobin A1C, Ultrasonographic Examination, MRI and Scintigraphy, Treatment of Atherosclerosis and Drug Agents.

Author(s): F Brian Boudi

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Hypertension

Hypertension affects approximately 75 million adults in the United States and is a major risk factor for stroke, myocardial infarction, vascular disease, and chronic kidney disease. This note covers the following topics related to Hypertension: Signs and symptoms, Diagnosis and Management.

Author(s): F Brian Boudi

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Hypertension, Malignant

This note covers the following topics: Hypertensive Emergencies, Accelerated hypertension and hypertensive urgency, Patient education, Evaluation, Differential Diagnosis workup for Malignant Hypertension, Medical Management, Surgical Therapy and Prognosis and Prevention.

Author(s): John D Bisognano

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Hypertensive Emergencies

This note covers the following topics:Uncontrolled Blood Pressure, History and physical examination, Evaluation of uncontrolled hypertension, Malignant hypertension

Author(s): Christy Hopkins

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eMedicine Cardiology

This note covers the following topics: Arrhythmias, Atherosclerosis and Risk Factors, Cancer and the Heart, Cardiovascular Syndromes in Systemic Diseases, Congenital Heart Disease in the Adult, Coronary Artery Disease, Electrophysiology Procedures, Invasive Diagnostic, Interventional, and Surgical Procedures, Myocardial Disease and Cardiomyopathies, Pericardial Disease, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Special Patient Populations, Valvular Heart Disease.

Author(s): David J Maron

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