Published August, 2010
By Alessandro Brunelli
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Surgery
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An issue that covers the following topics: physiology of pleural space, risk factors for prolonged air leak after pulmonary resection, surgical techniques to avoid parenchymal injury during lung resection, intraoperative measures for preventing air leaks, and prolonged air leak after LVRS and in the ventilated patients.

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Published August, 2010
By George L. Bakris
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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People with diabetes are two to four times more likely to develop cardiovascular disease. Insulin resistance, which leads to diabetes in 1 in 4 people who have it, affects 60 million Americans and is also a cardiovascular disease risk factor.

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Published August, 2010
By John Elefteriades and John A. Elefteriades
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Organized on a debate format, with experts in the field arguing the pros and cons of active controversies that challenge modern management of aortic disease, this book discusses genetic testing, use of biomarkers, optimal methods of brain protection in aortic arch surgery, and pre-enrollment echocardiogram to exclude aortic disease.

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Published August, 2010
By Bernard J. Gersh and Bernard Gersh
Publisher: Elsevier (Mosby)
Series: Year Books
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Published August, 2010
By Randall J. Lee
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Methods in Molecular Biology
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Therefore, the use of pluripotent stem cells has become the focus of a cell source for myocardial repair and regeneration. Once a stem cell source has been selected, the stem cell needs to be tested in an app- priate animal model before being translated into clinical practice.

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Published August, 2010
By Roland X. Stroobandt, S. Serge Barold, Alfons F. Sinnaeve and SS Barold
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd))
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This new edition of the bestselling step-by-step introduction to cardiac pacemakers now includes additional material on CRT and an accompanying website.

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Published August, 2010
By Mani Vannan, Roberto M. Lang and Bijoy Khandheria
Publisher: Springer (Springer London Ltd)
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Echocardiography is becoming a dynamic diagnostic procedure. Two-dimensional echocardiograms, while not rare, are certainly becoming less common as the technologies and techniques allow echocardiographers to take videos of the echo procedure. This book presents the findings of a 4D echocardiogram.

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Published July, 2010
By A Khalil
Publisher: Jaypee Medical (Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers)
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Published July, 2010
By Ted Feldman, Horst Sievert and Ziyad M. Hijazi
Publisher: Cardiotext Publishing
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Published July, 2010
By Miriam S. Dimaio, Joyce E. Fox, Maurice J. Mahoney and M. Mahoney
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd))
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How can prenatal testing help your patients? In utero diagnosis has undergone an amazing revolution in recent years. More tests are available; the indications for prenatal diagnosis have expanded - you can now advise your patients about disorders you could not have previously detected.

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