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.


State of the Art Surgical Coronary Revascularization

State of the Art Surgical Coronary Revascularization

Author: David P. Taggart

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 521

ISBN-13: 0198758782

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This is the most authoritative textbook ever dedicated to the art and science of surgical coronary revascularization, with 71 chapters, organized in 9 sections, and written by over 100 recognized world experts. It covers every aspect of the surgical management of coronary artery pathology and ischaemic heart disease.


Patient Reported Outcomes and Quality of Life in Cardiovascular Interventions

Patient Reported Outcomes and Quality of Life in Cardiovascular Interventions

Author: Thanos Athanasiou

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022-10-14

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 3031098153

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This book provides a guide to the assessment of patient reported outcomes measures and quality of life in cardiovascular interventions, which have become a fundamental component of decision making in bedside medicine, health policy, health economics, and public health. Cardiac surgery, cardiovascular interventions, vascular interventions, and the core principles of quality of life are all covered. This book is the first book to demonstrate how clinicians and policy makers can easily get access to a single source of quality of life and patient reported outcomes measures evidence to help them make the best informed decisions in the field of cardiovascular interventions. This is a rapidly emerging field and the book would be relevant to doctors, healthcare scientists, allied-health professionals, healthcare managers, medical statisticians, healthcare economists, and consultants working in healthcare.


Chronic Postsurgical Pain

Chronic Postsurgical Pain

Author: GĂ©rard Mick

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2014-02-20

Total Pages: 175

ISBN-13: 3319043226

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Primum non nocere... The fact that a surgical procedure can leave any kind of pain casts a shadow over this tenet, which is seen as the basis of medical practice and anchor of its principle ethic... It is all the more surprising in that medicine has only paid attention to this paradoxical chronic pain situation for the past few years. Clarifying the knowledge acquired in this field has become all the more urgent for any care-giver today confronted by a legitimate request from patients: Why and how can a surgical procedure, which is supposed to bring relief, leave behind an unacceptable sequela? This is the approach which the contributors to this new subject of major clinical interest invite you to follow as you work your way through this book.


Brain and Heart Dynamics

Brain and Heart Dynamics

Author: Stefano Govoni

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2020-07-31

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783030280079

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This ambitious and comprehensive handbook represents an essential contribution to our current understanding of interactions between heart and brain, a research topic generating growing interest. Despite the increasing awareness that neural mechanisms are the primary cause of cardiac disease and its progression, therapy continues to focus on end-organ protection and does not approach the neural core of the problem. Growing public health problems such as heart failure are still treated with autonomic drugs that are 30-40 years old and simply act on cardiac receptors. However, it has now been shown that the progression of ischemic heart disease to heart failure is mainly due to abnormal central responses to incipient cardiac disease, with neural activation the primary cause rather than the consequence of cardiac remodeling. Written by leading international experts in their respective research areas, the book presents a variety of perspectives on the core topic: from social and philosophical to gender-related aspects. It is designed for a broad readership and includes dedicated sections for cardiologists, psychiatrists, neurologists and psychotherapists looking for a more insightful and targeted approach to neuro-cardiovascular disease.


Health-Related Quality of Life in Cardiovascular Patients

Health-Related Quality of Life in Cardiovascular Patients

Author: Kalina Kawecka-Jaszcz

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-08-31

Total Pages: 133

ISBN-13: 8847027683

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This book discusses HRQoL in patients with cardiovascular disease including arterial hypertension, coronary artery disease, heart failure, arrhythmias and stroke, and patients who have undergone interventional procedures or have implantable cardiac devices.


Deep Sternal Wound Infections

Deep Sternal Wound Infections

Author: Raymund E. Horch

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-01-19

Total Pages: 139

ISBN-13: 3662497662

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This concise and practical handbook covers the basics of pathophysiology, diagnosis, interdisciplinary surgical management, prevention and rehabilitation of patients with deep sternal wound infections and sternal osteomyelitis. All relevant aspects and surgical procedures are explained in an easily understandable way. Additionally special approaches and preventive measures are highlighted with regard to the perioperative handling as well as the rehabilitation possibilities. Through concise texts with numerous illustrations, the book is ideal for the practice and as a supplement to further studies. This book is suitable for all specialists who are involved into the treatment and diagnosis of sternal wound infections, particularly cardio-thoracis, thoracic, plastic, vascular surgeons, cardiologists, radiologists, and rehabilitation physicians.


The Artificial Heart

The Artificial Heart

Author: Institute of Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1991-02-01

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 0309045320

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A significant medical event is expected in 1992: the first human use of a fully implantable, long-term cardiac assist device. This timely volume reviews the artificial heart program-and in particular, the National Institutes of Health's major investment-raising important questions. The volume includes: Consideration of the artificial heart versus heart transplantation and other approaches to treating end-stage heart disease, keeping in mind the different outcomes and costs of these treatments. A look at human issues, including the number of people who may require the artificial heart, patient quality of life, and other ethical and societal questions. Examination of how this technology's use can be targeted most appropriately. Attention to achieving access to this technology for all those who can benefit from it. The committee also offers three mechanisms to aid in allocating research and development funds.