Hypertensive Heart Disease

Interventional Cardiology

This book is oriented to readers interested in learning the basic principles of interventional cardiology and offers a brief insight into the potential use of such treatments in routine clinical practice. Topics covered includes: Radial Access in Primary PCI for Acute Myocardial Infarction, Current Concept of Revascularization in STEMI Patients with Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease, Chronic Total Occlusions, Chronic Total Occlusion, Percutaneous Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty, Percutaneous Treatment of Mitral and Tricuspid Regurgitation in Heart Failure, Cardiogenic Shock,. Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography.

Author(s): Ibrahim Akin

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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

Ischemic Stroke Updates

This book covers all aspects and the most vibrant topics of ischemic stroke research: from basic sciences to latest methods of clinical applications. The authors give an overview of what has importance today in stroke research and also strike future ideas.

Author(s): Bernhard Schaller

268 Pages

Cardiovascular by University of Michigan

This sequence provides a comprehensive introduction to diseases of the cardiovascular system, how they present, how they are diagnosed, how they are prevented, and how they are treated. Students learn to identify the integral links between anatomy, physiology, pathology, and basic sciences with clinical medicine and other essential aspects of patient care for ambulatory and hospitalized patients who have cardiovascular disorders.

Author(s): University of Michigan

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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

Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation

The information in this guide is intended to help health care decisionmakers, patients and clinicians, health system leaders, and policymakers, among others make well-informed decisions and thereby improve the quality of health care services.

Author(s): Renato D Lopes

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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

Coronary Artery Atherosclerosis

This note covers the following topics: Essential update: Plaque characteristics on CT angiography help identify high-risk coronary lesions, Signs and symptoms, Diagnosis and Management.

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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Metabolic Syndrome

This note covers the following topics: Signs and symptoms, Diagnosis, Pathophysiology, Etiology, Epidemiology and Prognosis.

Author(s): Stanley S Wang

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Renovascular Hypertension

This note covers the following topics related to Renovascular Hypertension treatment and medication: ACE Inhibitors, Angiotensin Receptor Blockers (ARBs), Blockers, Beta 1 Selective, Beta Blockers, Nonselective Alpha Blockers, Antihypertensives, Calcium Channel Blockers, Diuretics, Vasodilators, Cardiovascular, Pharmacologic Therapy, Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty, Surgical Revascularization, Nephrectomy, Diet, Prevention and Consultations.

Author(s): Rebecca J Schmidt

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ECG Library

An electrocardiogram is an electrical recording of the heart and is used in the investigation of heart disease. This library is a collection of realistic looking recordings which will help improve your ECG skills. Topics coverd are: ischaemic heart disease, hypertrophy patterns, atrioventricular (AV) block, bundle branch block, supraventricular rhythms, ventricular rhythms, Wolff Parkinson White syndrome.

Author(s): Dean Jenkins and Stephen Gerred

NA Pages

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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