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    Oxford textbook of medicine. cardiovascular disorders : selected and updated chapters from The Oxford textbook of medicine, fifth edition / edited by David A. Warrell, Timothy M. Cox, John D. Firth ; with guest editor, Jeremy Dwight.

    • Title:Oxford textbook of medicine. cardiovascular disorders : selected and updated chapters from The Oxford textbook of medicine, fifth edition / edited by David A. Warrell, Timothy M. Cox, John D. Firth ; with guest editor, Jeremy Dwight.
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    • Variant Title:Cardiovascular disorders
    • Other Contributors/Collections:Warrell, D. A., editor.
    • Published/Created:Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
      ©2016.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Cardiovascular system--Diseases.
    • Medical Subjects: Cardiovascular Diseases.
    • Edition:First edition.
    • Description:xvii, 668 pages ; 28 cm
    • Notes:"Selected and updated chapters from the Oxford textbook of Medicine, fifith edition."
      Includes index.
    • ISBN:0198717024 paperback
      9780198717027 paperback
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: SECTION 1 Structure and function
      1.1. Blood vessels and the endothelium / Patrick Vallance
      1.2. Cardiac physiology / Peter H. Sugden
      SECTION 2 Clinical presentation of heart disease
      2.1. Chest pain, breathlessness, and fatigue / Jeremy Dwight
      2.2. Syncope and palpitation / S. M. Cobbe
      SECTION 3 Clinical investigation of cardiac disorders
      3.1. Electrocardiography / David Gray
      3.2. Echocardiography / James D. Newton
      3.3. Cardiac investigations: nuclear and other imaging techniques / Stefan Neubauer
      3.4. Cardiac catheterization and angiography / Edward D. Folland
      SECTION 4 Cardiac arrhythmias
      4.1. Cardiac arrest / David A. Gabbott
      4.2. Cardiac arrhythmias / A. C. Rankin
      SECTION 5 Cardiac failure
      5.1. Epidemiology and general pathophysiological classification of heart failure / Kaushik Guha
      5.2. Acute cardiac failure: definitions, investigation, and management / John G. F. Cleland
      5.3. Chronic cardiac failure: definitions, investigation, and management / Andrew L. Clark
      5.4. Cardiorenal syndrome / Philip A. Kalra
      5.5. Cardiac transplantation and mechanical circulatory support / Steven Tsui
      SECTION 6 Heart valve disease
      6.1. Valvular heart disease / Michael Henein
      SECTION 7 Diseases of heart muscle
      7.1. Myocarditis / Jay W. Mason
      7.2. cardiomyopathies: hypertrophic, dilated, restrictive and right ventricular / Oliver Guttmann
      7.3. Specific heart muscle disorders / Oliver Guttmann
      SECTION 8 Pericardial disease
      8.1. Pericardial disease / Michael Henein
      SECTION 9 Cardiac involvement in infectious disease
      9.1. Acute rheumatic fever / Jonathan R. Carapetis
      9.2. Endocarditis / William A. Littler
      9.3. Cardiac disease in HIV infection / Peter F. Currie
      9.4. Cardiovascular syphilis / Krishna Somers
      SECTION 10 Tumours of the heart
      10.1. Tumours of the heart / Thomas A. Traill
      SECTION 11 Cardiac involvement in genetic disease
      11.1. Cardiac involvement in genetic disease / Thomas A. Traill
      SECTION 12 Congenital heart disease in the adult
      12.1. Congenital heart disease in the adult / S. A. Thorne
      SECTION 13 Coronary heart disease
      13.1. Biology and pathology of atherosclerosis / Edward A. Fisher
      13.2. Coronary heart disease: epidemiology and prevention / Kazem Rahimi
      13.3. Management of stable angina / Adam D. Timmis
      13.4. Management of acute coronary syndrome / Rajesh K. Kharbanda
      13.5. Percutaneous interventional cardiac procedures / Edward D. Folland
      13.6. Coronary artery bypass and valve surgery / David Taggart
      SECTION 14 Diseases of the arteries
      14.1. Acute aortic syndromes / Adrian P. Banning
      14.2. Peripheral arterial disease / Alun Davies
      14.3. Cholesterol embolism / Christopher Dudley
      14.4. Takayasu's arteritis / Yasushi Kobayashi
      SECTION 15 pulmonary circulation
      15.1. Structure and function of the pulmonary circulation / Nicholas W. Morrell
      15.2. Pulmonary hypertension / Nicholas W. Morrell
      SECTION 16 Venous thromboembolism
      16.1. Deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism / John D. Firth
      16.2. Therapeutic anticoagulation / David Keeling
      SECTION 17 Hypertension
      17.1. Essential hypertension: definition, epidemiology, and pathophysiology / Bryan Williams
      17.2. Essential hypertension: diagnosis, assessment, and treatment / John D. Firth
      17.3. Secondary hypertension / Fraz A. Mir
      17.4. Mendelian disorders causing hypertension / Maciej Tomaszewski
      17.5. Hypertensive urgencies and emergencies / D. Gareth Beevers
      SECTION 18 Heart disease in pregnancy
      18.1. Heart disease in pregnancy / Catherine E. G. Head
      SECTION 19 Chronic peripheral oedema and lymphoedema
      19.1. Chronic peripheral oedema and lymphoedema / Peter S. Mortimer
      SECTION 20 Idiopathic oedema of women
      20.1. Idiopathic oedema of women / John D. Firth.
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