Physiology category: 1850 books
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Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Vascular diseases, particularly atherosclerosis, are the most frequent and critical underlying fatal disorders in the industrialized world. Cardiovascular deaths are the leading cause of death in the Western world. Although cancer or malignant neoplasms recently have topped the list of causes of deaths...
Monophasic Action Potentials
Basics and Clinical Application
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Over the last two decades monophasic action potential (MAP) recording has matured into a technique that provides a link between basic and clinical electrophysiology. International experts present exciting data on MAP recording techniques, the mechanism and interpretation of MAPs, and novel aspects of repolarization-related arrhythmias.
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
In the cardiovascular sciences, an increasing demand for the use of modern methods of cell biology has developed. The use of specific cell culture models of the various tissues involved is essential for most of these novel approaches. This book meets the demand for acomprehensive and easy accessible...
Natural Killer Cells
At the Forefront of Modern Immunology
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2010
Natural killer (NK) cells have been at the forefront of immunology for two decades. During that time, a great amount of information about these cells has been obtained. They are important in antiinfectious and antitumoral defense and shape the adaptive immune response. In addition, they can act as...
Baroreceptor Reflexes
Integrative Functions and Clinical Aspects
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
It is a great honor and pleasure for me to introduce this book; an honor, because of the scientific renown and authority of the investigators who have edited the volume and contributed the chapters; a pleasure, because my own long-lasting interest in the baroreflexes has always gone in the same directions...
The Endothelium in Cardiovascular Disease
Pathophysiology, Clinical Presentation and Pharmacotherapy
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Since the endothelium plays such an important role in the pathophysiology of the circulatory system, the readers attention is directed here towards the possible involvement of these polypeptides in the aetiology of ischaemic heart disease, cerebrovascular accidents, hypertension, atherosclerosis and renal failure.
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Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Cardiovascular fluid mechanics is now used as a tool in determining diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis by physicians and surgeons working in the fields of cardiology and angiology. The text is based on a considerable amount of clinical and experimental data on blood flow in the heart and large vessels...
Coronary Circulation
Basic Mechanism and Clinical Relevance
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Coronary heart disease is one of the major health problems in indus trialized nations because of its high incidence and severity. Recent innovations in medical and surgical treatment of coronary heart dis ease have increased the importance of accurate diagnostic methods for determining the severity...
Heart Rate and Rhythm
Molecular Basis, Pharmacological Modulation and Clinical Implications
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2011
Pathological heart rhythms are a major health issue. In this book experts from various fields provide an important context for understanding the complicated molecular and cellular mechanisms that underlie normal and pathophysiological cardiac rhythms.
Individual chapters cover a full range...
Veins
Their Functional Role in the Circulation
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
The 8th International Congress of Biorheology was held at the Pacifico Yokohama, Japan, a brand new, versatile convention center for international meetings, from August 3 through 8, 1992. There were many plenary lectures and symposia, one of which was entitled "Mechanics of the Venous System."...
Diabetes Mellitus: Pathophysiology and Therapy
Bayer AG Centenary Symposium Edinburgh, U.K., May 25–28, 1988
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
by Anika Niambi Al-Shura, Dr. Anika Niambi Al-Shura, Bachelor in Professional Health Sciences
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
Integrative Anatomy and Pathophysiology in Traditional Chinese Medicine Cardiology covers the structure, function, and pathology of the cardiovascular system from the TCM and western medical perspectives. It focuses specifically on western medicine anatomy and pathophysiology, along with TCM aspects...
Understanding the Dynamics of Biological Systems
Lessons Learned from Integrative Systems Biology
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2011
This book is intended as a communication platform to bridge the cultural, conceptual, and technological gap among the key systems biology disciplines of biology, mathematics, and information technology. To support this goal, contributors were asked to adopts an approach that appeals to audiences from different backgrounds.