Published June, 2009
By Stuart Houser and Stuart Lair Houser
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
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After 17 years of private practice as a cardiovascular surgeon, my partners qu- tionedtherationalityofmydecisiontoleavetheclinicalpracticebehindandbecome acardiovascular pathologist. And when a cardiac surgeon can hold in his hand a beating heart, now off-bypass and improved by an operation just completed, satisfaction is real and profound.

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Published June, 2009
By Maurizio Marzegalli, Massimo Romanò and Roberta Bertona
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag)
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Published June, 2009
By David R. Gross and David Gross
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Interest in the humane and scientifically justifiable use of research animals has intensified since the publication of the 2nd edition of Animal Models in Cardiovascular Research.

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Published June, 2009
By Mahadevappa Mahesh
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Explains the physics behind multi-detector CT technology. This book focuses on principles of physics, effects of scan parameters on image quality, and optimum radiation dosage. It includes numerous key points summaries and questions to assist in exam preparation.

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Published June, 2009
By J. Colin Forfar
Publisher: Health Press (Health Press Limited)
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Published May, 2009
By John. D Bisognano, Marc L. Baker and Mary Beth Earley
Publisher: Springer (Springer London Ltd)
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Practical simple reference for understanding current management of heart failure Provides pathophysiology and pharmacology to explain the key points Focuses mostly on patient management issues

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Published May, 2009
By Jose Jalife, Mario Delmar, Justus Anumonwo, Omer Berenfeld, Jerome Kalifa and J Jalife
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd))
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Presents an understandable discussion of fundamental mechanisms in cardiac electrophysiology The authors are all authors or co-authors of numerous well-cited papers in this area Provides a very good overview of the present state-of-the-art in cardiac electrophysiology, and a critical evaluation of traditional hypotheses of arrhythmia.

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Published May, 2009
By Corrado Tamburino, M.E. Di Salvo, A. La Manna and D. Capodanno
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag)
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Recent developments in the field of percutaneous coronary intervention and encouraging data relating to feasibility and safety have led to a renewed interest in left main angioplasty.

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Published May, 2009
By Nicholas Ayache, Herve Delingette and Maxime Sermesant
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
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The contributions cover topics such as cardiac imaging and electrophysiology, cardiac architecture imaging and analysis, cardiac imaging, cardiac electrophysiology, cardiac motion estimation, cardiac mechanics, cardiac image analysis, cardiac biophysical simulation, cardiac research platforms, and cardiac anatomical and functional imaging.

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Published May, 2009
By Tom Kenny and T Kenny
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd))
Series: Nuts and Bolts Series (Replaced by 5113)
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Nothing is more perplexing to the clinician new to device therapy than having to deal with cardiac electrocardiograms from a device patient. Pacemakers and other implantable cardiac rhythm management devices leave their "imprint" on ECGs and can significantly change what clinicians see - or expect to see.

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