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  • Salt and Hypertension

    Dietary Minerals, Volume Homeostasis and Cardiovascular Regulation

    Edited by Rainer Rettig, Detlev Ganten, Friedrich C. Luft ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    Controversy regarding the wisdom of a high salt intake has been with us for 5000 years. In the Nei Ching, the oldest of the extant medical writings, the Yellow Emperor observed, "Hence, if too much salt is in the food, the pulse hardens, tears make their appearance, and the complexion changes". At about the same period in history, Job asked the question, "Can that which is unsavory be eaten ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

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  • Endocrine Hypertension

    Underlying Mechanisms and Therapy

    Edited by Christian A Koch, George P Chrousos ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    The prevalence of hypertension is almost three times as high as that of diabetes mellitus type 2, with both conditions being major risk factors for stroke, ischemic heart disease, cardiac arrhythmias, and heart failure. The exact prevalence of hypertension related to hormonal derangements (endocrine hypertension) is not known but estimated to affect less than 15% of hypertensive patients. Recent ... Read more

    $188.09 USD

  • Cardiovascular Aspects of Dialysis Treatment

    The importance of volume control

    Edited by E.J. Dorhout Mees ...
    Cardiovascular complications are not only responsible for more than half of our patients' mortality, they also represent the bulk of everyday problems in a dialysis unit. Yet, the space allocated to them in the major textbooks covers only 2-8% of their total content. The origins of this book lie in many years of day-to-day care of dialysis patients. It gradually became clear to the author that ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Ciliopathies

    A reference for clinicians

    Edited by Thomas D. Kenny, Philip L. Beales ...
    The ciliopathies are a group of rare diseases that often affect multiple systems within the body, and are caused by defects in the function or structure of cilia. When cilia go wrong, there are profound consequences; these are discussed in detail for the first time in Ciliopathies: a reference for clinicians. The book provides a clinical overview and reference to this newly emergent group of ... Read more

    $85.49 USD

  • Contrast Media

    Safety Issues and ESUR Guidelines

    Edited by Judith A. W. Webb, Henrik S. Thomsen ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    This is the third edition of a very successful book that originally emerged from the work of a committee set up by the European Society of Urogenital Radiology in 1994 to consider the safety of contrast media used for diagnostic imaging. The new edition not only fully updates the previous edition, but also includes new chapters on complex topics such as pediatric issues and practical aspects of ... Read more

    $116.09 USD

  • Management of Chronic Kidney Disease

    A Clinician’s Guide

    Edited by Mustafa Arici ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    This book presents a comprehensive and instructive management plan for physicians who care for CKD patients. Basic aspects of CKD, clinical assessment, evaluation and management of risk factors, cardiovascular disease in the context of CKD, assessment and management of CKD complications, special circumstances in CKD patients, and the path to renal replacement therapy are all thoroughly covered. ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • Acarbose for the Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus

    Edited by W. Creutzfeldt ...
    New principles for the treatment of diabetes are described in this volume. Experts present experimental and clinical data on treatment with acarbose, an alpha-glucosidase inhibitor that delays absorption of fast carbohydrates. Toxicologic, pharmacologic and metabolic effects of acarbose are discussed. A concluding section on the future aspects of alpha-glucosidase inhibition offers a fair ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Purines: Basic and Clinical Aspects

    by T.W. Stone, Anne Simmonds ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    Many groups of biologically important compounds experience cycles of furious research activity and near oblivion. The purines however seem not to be falling into such a pattern. Interest seems to be continuing almost exponentially with no sign of diminution. The result is a frighteningly extensive literature and an increas ing demand for international conferences and symposia. Unfortunately ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Hemomath

    The Mathematics of Blood

    by Adélia Sequeira, Antonio Fasano ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    This book illustrates applications of mathematics to various processes (physiological or artificial) involving flowing blood, including hemorheology, microcirculation, coagulation, kidney filtration and dialysis, offering a historical overview of each topic. Mathematical models are used to simulate processes normally occurring in flowing blood and to predict the effects of dysfunctions (e.g. ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

  • Resistant Hypertension

    by Massimo Salvetti ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    This book is designed to assist physicians in the everyday management of hypertensive patients, with a particular focus on difficult-to-treat and resistant hypertension. The selected clinical cases are representative of the patients who are seen in the “real world”, rather than rare clinical cases, and provide examples of management according to current international guidelines. The scenarios ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Cardio-Nephrology

    Confluence of the Heart and Kidney in Clinical Practice

    Edited by Claudio Ronco, Janani Rangaswami, Edgar V. Lerma ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    Extending from the outpatient management of cardiovascular and kidney disease, to hospital-based decision making in patients with cardio-renal disease and complex interfaces such as hemodialysis in patients with ventricular assist device support, this book serves as a single reference point for cardiology and nephrology clinicians and researchers dealing with the significant overlap areas between ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology of Arteriovenous Accesses for Hemodialysis

    by Luc Turmel-Rodrigues, Claude J. Renaud ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    This is the first textbook entirely dedicated to the endovascular treatment of complications related to arteriovenous accesses for hemodialysis (native fistulas and prosthetic grafts). The book addresses the anatomy of upper limb arteries and veins as well as the clinical presentation of patients and the way to perform and read a fistulogram. Many details and illustrations are provided, clarifying ... Read more

    $98.09 USD