Cardiovascular Medicine

This personal scientific memoir describes how a chance observation concerning artery disease in children with rare inherited abnormalities of metab...

Vasculitides are a heterogeneous group of disorders epitomized by vascular inflammation so severe that it can result in multiple organ failure and ...

The endothelium is a thin mono-cellular layer which covers the inner surface of the blood vessels, separating the circulating blood from the tissue...

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the various off-pump coronary artery bypass techniques. This book is divided into two sections. After ...

Cardiovascular disease refers to the class of diseases that involve the heart or blood vessels. While the term technically refers to any disease th...

Although approximately one million cardiac arrests occur every year in the USA and Europe, cardiac arrest remains a clinical condition still charac...

It is well established that the vascular endothelium consists of a single layer of endothelial cells (ECs) that lines the entire vascular system, w...

Cardiovascular diseases have become a major cause of death in both middle and higher income countries despite significant increases in evidence-bas...

Heart failure caused by atherosclerosis-associated myocardial ischemia is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in developed countries in spite ...

Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is the most common congenital pathology of the aortic valve occurring in 0.5-2% of the general population and frequentl...

In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the risk factors, diagnosis, surgery and repair of aortic aneurysms. Topics disc...

The field of stroke research continues to evolve, and better outcomes are possible and even likely. Over the last two decades, basic science resear...

Percutaneous coronary intervention is the most commonly performed invasive cardiac procedure and represents a technical advance in the treatment of...

This book provides an in-depth insight into the various issues associated with off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting. This book is divided into ...

Although initially thought to be a deleterious influence on tissue repair and remodelling, recent studies have shown the versatility of the mast ce...