Published November, 2010
By Martin Quinn, Desmond Fitzgerald and Dermott Cox
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Cardiology
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The authors delineate an up-to-date picture of platelet biology and describe methods for assessing platelet function, including the commonly used platelet aggregation, thromboxane production, procoagulant function, platelet function under flow, and the expression of platelet activation markers.

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Published November, 2010
By David R. Holmes, David R. Holmes Jr., Peter Berger, Alexander Battler, David Hasdai and Peter B. Berger
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Cardiology
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Leading world authorities drawn from cardiology, surgery, pediatrics, internal medicine, and basic science comprehensively survey the diagnostic, therapeutic, and prognostic aspects of cardiogenic shock.

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Published November, 2010
By Gary Gerstenblith
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Cardiology
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The authors explain the physiological changes associated with the normal aging process that may lead to the development of disease, to adverse consequences once disease develops, and which alter the risk-benefit equation for medical and other interventions designed to diagnose, assess, and treat cardiovascular disease.

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Published November, 2010
By A. Michael Lincoff
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Cardiology
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Published November, 2010
By James E. Tcheng and James Tcheng
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Cardiology
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With the introduction of balloon angioplasty in the late 1970s, a few interventional cardiologists braved the question: why not perform emergency angioplasty as a primary reperfusion strategy?

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Published November, 2010
By Stavros Konstantinides, S.Z. Goldhaber and Stavros V. Konstantinides
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Cardiology
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This practical volume highlights traditional, novel, and evolving aspects of the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary embolism (PE). Important aspects of diagnosis, risk stratification, and differential treatment of patients with PE are presented in a concise, yet comprehensive manner.

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Published November, 2010
By James C. Fang and Gregory S. Couper
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Cardiology
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Couper, MD, have assembled a panel of prominent surgeons and cardiologists to review the latest clinical, scientific, and investigational surgical and mechanical approaches to heart failure in hopes of improving the lives of this challenging group of patients.

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Published November, 2010
By Mehmet C Oz
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Cardiology
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A comprehensive review by renowned authorities of the many exciting developments occurring across the rapidly emerging field of "minimally invasive" or "minimal access" cardiac surgery.

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Published November, 2010
By Leslee J. Shaw and Rita F. Redberg
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Cardiology
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Additional chapters examine the effects of gender bias in diagnosis and treatment, the role of gynecologists as primary care physicians for women, health technology assessment in an era of managed care, and the problems of analyzing cost-effectiveness in the diagnosis and treatment of coronary artery disease in women.

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Published November, 2010
By Joseph Loscalzo and Joseph A. Vita
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Cardiology
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Leading clinical and experimental investigators comprehensively review the chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology, physiology, and pathophysiology of nitric oxide in the cardiovascular systems.

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