Systolic and Diastolic Function of the Heart
Systolic and Diastolic Function of the Heart

Author: Neil B. Ingels

Publisher: IOS Press

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 462

ISBN-13: 9789051992113

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Chapter 22: Crossbridge and Muscle Properties, Energetics, and Pressure-Volume Area -- Chapter 23: Constancy and Variability of Oxygen Costs of Mechanical Energy (PVA) and Contractility (Emax) -- Chapter 24: Tight Coupling between Regional Myocardial Oxygen Consumption and Contractile Function -- Chapter 25: Force-Frequency Relation, Force-Interval Relation, and Mechanical Restitution -- Chapter 26: Elastance-Based Mechanical Restitution Provides Data from the Intact Heart Not Available from Any Other Technique -- Chapter 27: Contractility Indices -- Chapter 28: Searching for Indices of Contractility Is Counterproductive -- Chapter 29: Rapid Contractile Upregulation Rematches Stroke Work to Increased Afterload Independent of Ventricular Geometry, Afterload-Related Coronary Perfusion Pressure Fluctuations and Baseline Contractile State -- Chapter 30: Wall Thickening, Shears, and Cleavage Planes -- Chapter 31: Mechanisms of Large Ventricular Wall Shortening and Thickening -- Chapter 32: Twisting, Torsion, and Other Shears -- Chapter 33: Ventricular Twist and Its Relationship to Pressure Volume and Shortening -- Chapter 34: Differences in Systolic and Diastolic Torsional Deformation of the Left Ventricle -- Chapter 35: Coronary Flow, Systolic Perfusion, and the "Gregg Phenomenon -- Chapter 36: Intramyocardial Hydraulic Regulation of Cardiac Mechanics and Energetics -- Chapter 37: Left Ventricular Afterload and Arterial Coupling -- Indexes -- Author Index -- Affiliation Index -- Subject Index

Cardiothoracic Critical Care E-Book
Cardiothoracic Critical Care E-Book

Author: David Sidebotham

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2007-09-12

Total Pages: 667

ISBN-13: 0702039047

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This new bedside manual guides you through all the practical aspects of managing patients following cardiothoracic surgery and critically ill cardiology patients. Primarily designed to use in cardiothoracic intensive care units and coronary care units, it covers the perioperative management for the full range of cardiothoracic surgical procedures, the management of complications, and related issues. Core topics in cardiothoracic critical care, such as hemodynamic instability, arrhythmias, bleeding, and mechanical cardiac support, are afforded broad coverage. Also included are sections on advanced ventilatory techniques and veno-venous ECMO for treating severe respiratory failure, as well as nutritional support, treating and preventing infection, renal failure, and care of the dying patient. Concisely written and featuring liberal use of illustrations as well as an integrated, tightly edited style, and a limited number of key references, this volume will become your reference of choice for the care of of cardiothoracic surgery patients and critically ill cardiology patients. Find information quickly with concisely written text. Get a more complete picture with extensive illustrations. Focus on just the information you need using a a limited number of key references. Navigate the complexities of critical care for a fulll range of cardiothoracic surgery patients with in-depth coverage of perioperative care, management of complications, and more.

Heart Failure: A Companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease E-Book
Heart Failure: A Companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease E-Book

Author: G. Michael Felker

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2019-02-06

Total Pages: 937

ISBN-13: 0323609880

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Up-to-date, authoritative and comprehensive, Heart Failure, 4th Edition, provides the clinically relevant information you need to effectively manage and treat patients with this complex cardiovascular problem. This fully revised companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease helps you make the most of new drug therapies such as angiotensin receptor neprilysin inhibitors (ARNIs), recently improved implantable devices, and innovative patient management strategies. Led by internationally recognized heart failure experts Dr. G. Michael Felker and Dr. Douglas Mann, this outstanding reference gives health care providers the knowledge to improve clinical outcomes in heart failure patients. - Focuses on a clinical approach to treating heart failure, resulting from a broad variety of cardiovascular problems. - Covers the most recent guidelines and protocols, including significant new updates to ACC, AHA, and HFSA guidelines. - Covers key topics such as biomarkers and precision medicine in heart failure and new data on angiotensin receptor neprilysin inhibitors (ARNIs). - Contains four new chapters: Natriuretic Peptides in Heart Failure; Amyloidosis as a Cause of Heart Failure; HIV and Heart Failure; and Neuromodulation in Heart Failure. - Covers the pathophysiological basis for the development and progression of heart failure. - Serves as a definitive resource to prepare for the ABIM's Heart Failure board exam. - 2016 British Medical Association Award: First Prize, Cardiology (3rd Edition).

Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 5)
Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 5)

Author: Dorairaj Prabhakaran

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2017-11-17

Total Pages: 948

ISBN-13: 1464805202

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Cardiovascular, respiratory, and related conditions cause more than 40 percent of all deaths globally, and their substantial burden is rising, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Their burden extends well beyond health effects to include significant economic and societal consequences. Most of these conditions are related, share risk factors, and have common control measures at the clinical, population, and policy levels. Lives can be extended and improved when these diseases are prevented, detected, and managed. This volume summarizes current knowledge and presents evidence-based interventions that are effective, cost-effective, and scalable in LMICs.

Smith's Anesthesia for Infants and Children E-Book
Smith's Anesthesia for Infants and Children E-Book

Author: Peter J. Davis

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2016-10-15

Total Pages: 1829

ISBN-13: 0323388698

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Now thoroughly up to date with new chapters, Smith’s Anesthesia for Infants and Children, 9th Edition, by Drs. Peter Davis and Franklyn Cladis, covers the information you need to provide effective perioperative care for any type of pediatric surgery. Leading experts in pediatric anesthesia bring you up to date with every aspect of both basic science and clinical practice, helping you incorporate the latest clinical guidelines and innovations in your practice. Quick-reference appendices: drug dosages, growth curves, normal values for pulmonary function tests, and a listing of common and uncommon syndromes. Outstanding visual guidance in full color throughout the book. Consult this title on your favorite e-reader, conduct rapid searches, and adjust font sizes for optimal readability. More than 100 video demonstrations, including new regional anesthesia videos, echocardiograms of congenital heart lesions, anatomic dissections of various congenital heart specimens with audio explanations, various pediatric surgical operative procedures, airway management, and much more. Table of Contents has been reorganized and new chapters added on statistics, sedation, pediatric obesity, and cardiac critical care pediatrics. A new chapter on regional anesthesia for pediatrics, including video and ultrasound demonstrations online. A new chapter on dermatology, specifically for the anesthesiologist, with more than 100 photos. A new chapter on medical missions to third-world countries, including what you should know before you go. A new Questions chapter provides opportunities for self-assessment. New coverage includes cardiac anesthesia for congenital heart disease, anesthesia outside the operating room, and a new neonatology primer for the pediatric anesthesiologist.

Diastology E-Book
Diastology E-Book

Author: Allan L. Klein

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2020-10-24

Total Pages: 564

ISBN-13: 0323755399

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Accounting for more than 40% of all heart failure problems, diastolic heart failure is a complex and often difficult diagnosis with rapidly evolving diagnostic management protocols. Diastology: Clinical Approach to Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction, 2nd Edition, brings you up to date and equips you to successfully diagnose and manage even the most challenging incidences of diastolic heart failure and their comorbidities. It incorporates the latest guidelines for the diagnostic evaluation of the patient with suspected or known diastolic dysfunction, provides a comprehensive review of clinical conditions associated with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, and describes the complementary role of imaging modalities and novel therapeutic approaches. - Keeps you current with recent extensive changes in the understanding of the mechanisms of diastolic heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) that have resulted in dramatic changes in treatment guidelines. - Covers the latest molecular, genetic, and cellular mechanisms behind diastolic heart failure as a basis for the latest clinical approaches, diagnosis, and treatment of common and uncommon pathological conditions such as hypertensive heart disease, cardiomyopathies, arterial and valvular diseases, pericardial diseases, congenital heart disease, diabetes mellitus, and metabolic syndrome. - Features 50 video cases, new key summary points, new multiple-choice review questions, and six new chapters: Evaluation of Diastolic Function by Radionuclide Techniques; Diastology Stress Test; ASE/EACVI Diastolic Guidelines; Valve Disease; Perioperative Assessment of Diastolic Dysfunction; and Pulmonary Hypertension. - Reviews new techniques and indices for assessing diastolic function, such as 3D echo, strain rate imaging, late gadolinium enhancement and T1-mapping by CMR, and novel nuclear scintigraphic methods – as well as the traditional indices of LV filling, LA function, and tissue Doppler indices. - Covers emerging topics such as the role of neurohormones, global and regional systolic function of the left ventricle, chronotopic incompetence and pacing, aging, perioperative assessment, and more. - Presents information in a quick-retrieval format, covering Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Diagnostic Evaluation, Differential Diagnosis, Treatment, and Future Directions. - Helps you learn efficiently and prepare for self-assessment with key summaries and multiple-choice questions and answers for each chapter.

Endothelial Modulation of Cardiac Function
Endothelial Modulation of Cardiac Function

Author: Malcolm J Lewis

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 1997-09-05

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 9789057021206

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Paracrine and autocrine regulation of cardiac function by "endothelial" mediators is becoming important both physiologically and pathophysiologically. This volume brings the researcher completely up to date with all aspects of endothelial regulation and cardiac function. Acknowledged experts in each field have contributed, making this work indispensable for researchers and of great interest to the clinical cardiologist. The Endothelial Cell Research Series publishes significant reviews by experts in the field. The individual volumes provide invaluable guides to researchers studying endothelial cells and are effective reference texts for anyone working in the general areas of vascular biology and neurotransmission. Endothelium was originally considered to be an inert lining for the blood vessels, but during the last fifteen years, this view has had to be completely revised. It is now accepted that the endothelium plays an important role in many diverse functions. This volume concentrates on the effect of the endothelium on cardiac function. It has been widely demonstrated that the endothelium exerts a paracrine influence on contraction of adjacent cardiac muscle through the release of several mediators, such as endothelin and nitric oxide. Recent studies also show that the effects of such mediators upon the heart are not limited to contraction alone.

Cardiovascular Disability
Cardiovascular Disability

Author: Institute of Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2010-12-04

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 030915698X

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The Social Security Administration (SSA) uses a screening tool called the Listing of Impairments to identify claimants who are so severely impaired that they cannot work at all and thus immediately qualify for benefits. In this report, the IOM makes several recommendations for improving SSA's capacity to determine disability benefits more quickly and efficiently using the Listings.