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 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 Robert Pelberg and Wojciech Mazur
Publisher: Springer (Springer London Ltd)
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Despite the exponential growth in the use of peripheral CTA in the diagnosis and follow-up of vascular disease patients, practical sources from which to gain valuable expertise in this field remain scarce.

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Published November, 2010
By Ramon Ribes and Sergio Mejia Viana
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag)
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In una statistica comparsa qualche anno fa su un autorevole giornale di cardiologia sperimentale, il numero di errori di ortografia e sintassi nei manoscritti sottomessi per pubblicazione veniva messo a confronto per i vari paesi.

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Published November, 2010
By Jeffrey Towbin
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Growing numbers of children with heart failure are reaching adulthood because of successful medical and surgical treatments and improved outcomes of congenital heart surgery. A greater understanding of the causes of heart failure in childhood may help cardiologists to develop therapeutic strategies for these children when they become adults.

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Published November, 2010
By Maximilian F. Reiser, Christian Fink, Stefan O. Schoenberg, Thorsten Johnson and Stefan O. Schonberg
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Medical Radiology / Diagnostic Imaging
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Dual-energy CT is a novel, rapidly emerging imaging technique which offers important new functional and specific information. The main focus is on the use of dual-energy CT in daily clinical practice, and individual sections are devoted to imaging of the vascular system, the thorax, the abdomen, and the extremities.

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Published November, 2010
By Luc J. Jordaens and Dominic A.M.J. Theuns
Publisher: Springer (Springer London Ltd)
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This brilliant and highly practical book provides a case-based introduction and primer to the practice of ICD therapy. The reader is able to gain extensive practical knowledge of the practice of ICD therapy with the use of these case reports.

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Published November, 2010
By Olle Pahlm, Peter W. Macfarlane, Adriaan Van Oosterom, Michiel J. Janse, Paul Kligfield, John Camm, Adriaan Oosterom and Michiel Janse
Publisher: Springer (Springer London Ltd)
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New edition of the classic complete reference book for cardiologists and trainee cardiologists on the theory and practice of electrocardiography, one of the key modalities used for evaluating cardiology patients and deciding on appropriate management strategies.

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Published November, 2010
By M. Gabriel Khan
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
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The fully revised second edition of the Encyclopedia of Heart Diseases is an ideal resource for practicing clinicians and researchers.

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Published November, 2010
By Norman Sartorius, Alexander Glassman, Mario M. Maj and A Glassman
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (John Wiley & Sons Inc)
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The prevalence of major depression among hospitalized patients with coronary artery disease has been reported to be between 17 and 27%. Now, in this new WPA publication, clinicians can find practical clinical guidance for treating these two important and common disorders when they co-present.

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