Hypertensive Heart Disease

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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Heart Diseases by Duke University

This note covers the following topics: Ischemic Heart Disease, Major Syndromes, Prevalence Of Ischemic Heart Disease, Sudden Cardiac Death, Atherosclerosis, Plaque Rupture And Thrombosis, Plaque Calcification, Ischemia, Management Of ACS Related Sudden Cardiac Death, Dating Myocardial Infarcts, Acute MI.

Author(s): Duke University

75 Pages

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

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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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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Chronic Heart Failure National Clinical Guideline for Diagnosis and Management in Primary and Secondary Care

This book offers the best practice advice on the care of adult patients (aged 18 years or older) who have symptoms or a diagnosis of chronic heart failure. It defined the most effective combination of symptoms, signs and investigations required to establish a diagnosis of heart failure, and those which would influence therapy or provide important prognostic information.

Author(s): National Center for Biotechnology Information

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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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Nephrosclerosis

This note covers the following topics related to Nephrosclerosis treatment and medication: Medical Care, Diuretics, ACE inhibitors, Renin inhibitors, Calcium channel blockers, Direct vasodilators, Central-acting alpha-2 agonists, Alpha-1 antagonists, Antihypertensives, Low-dose thiazides, ACE inhibitor and ARB combination therapy.

Author(s): Fernando C Fervenza

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Primary and Secondary Prevention of Coronary Artery Disease

This note covers the following topics:Risk Assessment and Primary Prevention, Classification of Recommendations, Secondary Prevention Goals and Management, Women and Coronary Artery Disease.

Author(s): Tamam N Mohamad

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Renal Artery Stenosis

This note covers the following topics related to Renal Artery Stenosis: Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, Angiotensin receptor antagonists, HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors.

Author(s): Bruce S Spinowitz

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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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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

NA Pages

Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure

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