Cardiovascular Biomarkers: Pathophysiology and Disease Management. (CD-ROM included).1588295265 Cardiovascular biomarkers; pathophysiology pathophysiology /patho·phys·i·ol·o·gy/ (-fiz?e-ol´ah-je) the physiology of disordered function. path·o·phys·i·ol·o·gy n. 1. and disease management. (CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). included) Ed. by David A. Morrow. Humana Press Inc. 2006 620 pages $175.00 Hardcover Contemporary cardiology cardiology Medical specialty dealing with heart diseases and disorders. It began with the 1749 publication by Jean Baptiste de Sénac of contemporary knowledge of the heart. Diagnostic methods improved in the 19th century, and in 1905 the electrocardiograph was invented. RC670 Cardiovascular biomarkers are regularly used in both the diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases and in the framing of appropriate treatment strategies. Written by internationally recognized experts in clinical and laboratory medicine, this volume describes how the various assays perform and offers cardiologists, ER physicians, and internists some guidelines regarding which tests to order when evaluating their patients. Editor Morrow (Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School (HMS) is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. It is a prestigious American medical school located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. ) has organized the volume into six main sections that deal with biomarkers for certain types of cardiac problems (ischemia, inflammation, hemostasis hemostasis /he·mo·sta·sis/ (he?mo-sta´sis) (he-mos´tah-sis) 1. the arrest of bleeding by the physiological properties of vasoconstriction and coagulation or by surgical means. 2. , etc.). ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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