Published December, 2010
By Marc S. Penn
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Cardiology
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Over the past 5 years there has been great excitement and controversy in the scientific, financial, and lay literature for the potential of stem cell-based strategies for the prev- tion and treatment of chronic heart failure (CHF).

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Published December, 2010
By Aristidis Veves and Michael T. Johnstone
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Cardiology
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The importance of this text on Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease is evident by the magnitude of the population affected by diabetes mellitus. The prognosis of patients with diabetes mellitus who develop overt clinical cardiovascular disease is much worse than those cardiovascular patients free of diabetes mellitus.

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Published December, 2010
By U. Joseph Schoepf
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Cardiology
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Leading clinicians and researchers from around the world review the full scope of current developments, research, and scientific controversy regarding the principles and applications of cardiac CT.

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Published December, 2010
By Mehmet C Oz and Daniel J. Goldstein
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Cardiology
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In some parts of the world, the procedures were viewed as commodities and prices dropped as providers were unable to differentiate the quality of their work. In effect, what we were really searching for was a life saving procedure that also preserved quality of life.

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Published November, 2010
By Charles Antzelevitch, Ihor Gussak, Stephen C. Hammill, W.-K. Shen, Preben Bjerregaard and Win K. Shen
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Cardiology
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A comprehensive review of all the latest developments in cardiac electrophysiology, focusing on both the clinical and experimental aspects of ventricular repolarization, including newly discovered clinical repolarization syndromes, electrocardiographic phenomena, and their correlation with the most recent advances in basic science.

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Published November, 2010
By JoAnne Micale Foody and Jo Anne Micale Foody
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Cardiology
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Preventive Cardiology: Insights Into the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease, Second Edition is intended for clinical cardio- gists, internists, primary care providers, and allied health care professionals who wish to extend their knowledge and expertise in the rapidly expanding field of preventive car- ology.

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Published November, 2010
By Jay D. Coffman and Robert T. Eberhardt
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Cardiology
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Published November, 2010
By David A. Morrow
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Cardiology
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In the four pages committed to a discussion of myocardial infarction in the first edition of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, published in 1950, there was no mention of use of the laboratory for management of patients.

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Published November, 2010
By Roger J. Laham and Donald S. Baim
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Cardiology
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An interdisciplinary panel of pioneers and opinion leaders review the basic, preclinical, clinical, and developmental pathways to new treatment strategies, such as therapeutic angiogenesis and myogenesis.

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Published November, 2010
By Daniel I. Simon and Campbell Rogers
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Cardiology
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These experts examine critical issues related to vascular disease and injury in five major areas: acute mechanical injury and vascular repair, arterial thrombosis, chronic atherosclerosis, vascular disease in transplanted vessels, and vascular disease in systemic and pulmonary arterial hypertension.

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