Bücher der Reihe Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine

Implantable defibrillators as originally conceived by Michel Mirowski were limited to the detection and automatic termination of ventricular fibrillation. Ventricular tachycardia detection allowed the successful development of interventions for the termination of ventricular tachyarrhythmias before they degenerated into ventricular fibrillation.

Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Symposium on New Drugs and Devices, October 31-November 1, 1989

Cardiovascular diseases are the most important causes of death in the world today. It has been demonstrated that physical exercise or sports at any age provide notable benefits and can help to decrease other risk factors and reduce the incidence of cardio vascular diseases.

As the life expectancy of patients with arterial hypertension increases, hypertension in the elderly is becoming a relevant medical and social problem.

Proceedings of a European Science Foundation Workshop

Proceedings of a European Science Foundation Workshop

Cardiovascular diseases are the most important causes of death in the world today. It has been demonstrated that physical exercise or sports at any age provide notable benefits and can help to decrease other risk factors and reduce the incidence of cardio vascular diseases.

Improving our insights into the genetic predisposition to cardiovascular disease is one of the most important challenges in our field in the next millennium, not only to unravel the cause of disease but also to improve the selection of patients for particular treatments.

Furthermore, the growing understanding of the conception of minimal myocardial damage in the borderzone between unstable angina pectoris and myocardial infarction necessitates refinement in the definitions of the various entities within the kaleidoscope of acute myocardial ischaemia.

To the extent, however, that physicians who utilize ICDs are not sufficiently comfortable with or familiar with the engineering principles that guide ICD function, the full clinical potential of even an ideal device will not be realized.

Heat shock proteins (HSP) were originally described in heat-shocked drosophila by Ritossa in the early 1960's. The purpose of this volume is to give an overview of our current understanding of the heat shock proteins in the cardiovascular system, and to summarize the approaches to the study of heat shock proteins in the heart.

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Stress and Heart Disease, June 26-29, 1984, Winnipeg, Canada

The four eras have focused on pathologic anatomy, clinicophysiologic correlations and surgery, heart problems in infancy, and now the developing heart. In each era there have been advances in the four domains of pediatric cardiology, the heart before birth, the normal heart, heart disease and defects, and preventive cardiology.

This text deals with current topics in the field of cardiac electrophysiology, arrhythmias and pacing, with special emphasis on techniques for diagnosis and treatment. It is based on lectures given at the Europace '97 Congress.

The newest appiication of the ubiquitous Doppler principle, laser-Doppler velocimetry, has been used to measure blood ftow in tissue for just a few years, but we perceived that, like most new techniques, the birth of laser-Doppler blood ftowmetry was not easy, nor was it likely to pass through infancy and reach maturity without difficulty.

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A detailed description of available to the clinician and the researcher, laser recanalization techniques is presented for which often makes the choice of a laser system the various systems in the clinical setting.

Serves as a guide for investigators in the fields of cardiovascular physiology and pathophysiology, pulmonary vascular disease, high-altitude physiology and medicine. This volume, divided into eight sections, aims to provide a solid scientific foundation for subsequent applications in clinical practice.

Despite the significant decline in heart disease mortaht>' rates over the last 25 years, heart failure has remained a significant problem.

As the life expectancy of patients with arterial hypertension increases, hypertension in the elderly is becoming a relevant medical and social problem.

Intracoronary ultrasound is a imaging modality and the published studies indicates that the technique is safe and provides diagnostic information than coronary angiography. This monograph presents the developments in this field.

Written by the leaders in the field, this volume provides a practical and comprehensive overview of the electrocardiogram (ECG). It evaluates the patient presenting with symptoms suggestive of acute myocardial ischemia. It is a useful reference for cardiac electrophysiologists, cardiologists, internists or emergency room physicians.

Cardiac surgery is performed on hundreds of thousands of patients a year, and can have an important beneficial impact on the outcomes of patients with coronary and valvular heart diseases.

Presents the topic of homocysteine from the basic biochemical, metabolic, genetic, and dietary determinants to disease relationships, including concepts of pathogenesis.

Offers a portrait of how the heart works and in this picture the author shows a close-up of the structural, biochemical, and physiological links between excitation and contraction. This book describes a general scheme of calcium regulation and discusses the possible sources and sinks of calcium.

Coronary pressure measurement has emerged as a major step forward in the invasive assessment of coronary artery disease. In this text, the theoretical and physiological background of this approach is systematically reviewed and clinical applications are illustrated.

Stress Echocardiography - Its Role in the Diagnosis and Evaluation of Coronary Artery Disease - Second Edition by Thomas Marwick is a concise, practical guide for anyone new to the field of stress echocardiography or an excellent summary of the existing evidence base for the experienced user.