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Diseased heart valves are a growing public health concern, ranging among the most important causes of heart failure and sudden death. This volume reviews the most current information on valvular disease pathophysiology, epidemiology and evaluation as well as management strategies for affected patients. The topics discussed include data supporting selection of asymptomatic patients for valve surgery, methods employed in evaluating patients for this purpose, surgical methods and valve prostheses currently applied for valve repair and replacement, and criteria for selecting among them. Adjunctive problems such as aortic root disease, infective endocarditis and arrhythmias that may modify patient management are also considered. Epidemiologic data illustrate the increasing prevalence of valvular disease in the population. In addition, the book reviews new and emerging knowledge about the molecular and cellular basis of myocardial dysfunction and heart failure in various forms of valvular disease. ... Read more

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Challenges for the treatment of valvular heart disease include the growing need for effective yet less invasive interventions and therapies to treat these progressive conditions. With the development of potential new treatments, it is crucial for cardiac
physicians to be well informed on the pathophysiology, assessment, treatment options and their outcomes of valvular diseases. Written by a highly experienced and internationally recognized group of cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, and researchers, Valvular Heart Disease offers insights into the widely varying hemodynamic effects and clinical course of heart valve conditions, as well as the contemporary management of these conditions. Offering a broad perspective on these diseases, Valvular Heart Disease expands on the recent guidelines developed by the major heart societies in the United State and Europe.

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CARDIAC VALVE ALLOGRAFTS (HOMOGRAFTS) highlights the current controversy about freehand subcoronary aortic valve and root replacement with regard to postoperative morbidity and long term durability. It discusses particular implantation techniques of preference in young patients and in different root pathology. Other chapters address intermediate- and long-term results on cardiac valve and vascular homografts for treating complicating cardiac valve and aortic infections. The chapter on basic science additionally makes this book a highly authoritative reference source for cardiac surgeons, physicians and scientists. This work provides a current survey of the state-of-the-art. ... Read more

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Percutaneous aortic valve replacement and percutaneous mitral valve repair are emerging alternatives for high-risk patients with severe valve disease. Interventional cardiologists are faced with the challenge represented by this complex procedure. This practical guide specifically deals with a comprehensive knowledge of the techniques and approach to percutaneous treatment of left side cardiac valve disease and discusses the potential complications and expected or potential morbidity from the procedure.

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This digital document is an article from Internal Medicine News, published by International Medical News Group on October 15, 2002. The length of the article is 989 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Worsening heart ills can be masked in pregnancy. (Watch for Cough, Asthmalike Symptoms).
Author: Kathryn DeMott
Publication: Internal Medicine News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 15, 2002
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 35Issue: 20Page: 24(1)

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This digital document is an article from Southern Medical Journal, published by Thomson Gale on February 1, 2007. The length of the article is 2030 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: A case of right isomerism showing long survival without surgery.(Clinical report)
Author: Keiko Matsuura
Publication: Southern Medical Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 100Issue: 2Page: 218(4)

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The classic collection by one of the greatest essayists of our time. ... Read more

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Essays Of E. B. White
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The Easy Comfort of Quiet Perfection
I live on a small rural island in the Pacific Northwest, home to fewer than a thousand people in the winter, so I have a deep understanding of what E. B. White means when he writes:"Feeling ran so high that some people stopped speaking to each other--which is a form of discourse."

Lately, I felt the need for something calming in my life and, for the first time in years, I picked up a collection of E. B. White's essays.Reading him is like lighting a fire on a cold and windy evening.This man can write a sentence and create a sense of life as well as anyone I've ever read.

And no one ever wrote more heartfelt prose about barnyard geese.

The elements of E.B.
Reading these essays which span more than two decades (early 50s to mid-70s), I am struck both by their craft and their antiquity. E.B. White wrote the book on writing, literally, with William Strunk; THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE remains the most useful and concise rule book for modern English exposition yet written, and White's CHARLOTTE'S WEB remains a childhood favorite for many. White was a master of the essay form, sparking a reader's interest in the subject at hand and cajoling further attention to the tangents and digressions which are an essayists stock in trade. He easily wends narratives which include broody geese, nuclear power stations, old dogs, oil tankers and mortality. His voice is plainspoken -- the viewpoint that of a person with deerhunters for neighbors, who enjoys the occasional venison steak, who roots for the deer in hunting season, and yet admits to shooting the foxes who kill his chickens. At the same time, his writing feels dated, rooted in an era when feelings were less admissible than ideas. His writing seems honest, but guarded, particularly after my recent immersion in Ann Lamott, a decidedly unguarded and modernist chronicler. Thus, I emerge from White's work impressed with his grace, language and fluidity, but disappointed in the gut. There are tales untold between these lines and I am left hungry. Old-school excellence, but aging fast.

Wonderful
This is such a marvelous book.

The sentences are simply perfect and the sense of wonder he creates makes this a text you will want to go back to over and over.A great gift for any literate person in your life.

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Introduction

“Your situation requires open heart surgery.”

I sat in disbelief as my doctor’s words rang in my ears.Perhaps you (a friend or family member) have heard a similar pronouncement, recently.

Over the next few weeks my doctors counseled me thoroughly on all the pre-op, surgical, post-op and recovery procedures.It was all reassuring.

Something was missing and that was mental preparation for such a critical event.How do you do that?Who do you turn to?

I contacted a close friend in Connecticut, Stew Leonard.He had been through a similar operation for aortic stenosis with an aortic valve replacement.He also had triple bypass surgery at the same time.

When I asked about his mental preparation for the surgery, he said he had compiled a little book for his own use and called it I’m R – E – A – D – Y.That was his acronym for Research – Excellent Doctors – Attitude – Do It Now – Years of Benefits.

Stew filled his book with stories of friends who had been through similar experiences, his own thoughts and positive quotes of others such as this one from Orison Marden:

“There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great and
no tonic so powerful as expectation over something tomorrow.”

Stew said he would send me a copy over night and that he’d be my coach by email, which he did.

My family and I eagerly read Stew’s book.It was probably one of the greatest gifts we’ve ever received.

Within five weeks after my valve was replaced I was back up to almost full speed. It was at this time Stew emailed me and suggested that I add my experiences, anecdotes and motivating thoughts to his little book.Immediately I agreed. We decided to rename it, GETTINGR.E.A.D.Y.for Open Heart Surgery: How to Inspire Yourself.
As you read our true life experiences triumphs and, yes, Stew Leonard’s coaching emails may you be blessed and encouraged.If you read selected passages out loud you’ll get a deeper meaning from them.Imagine these thoughts becoming a real part of you.

Please do something that we guarantee will help you. After you have read our book thoroughly, also have your family read it. Please encourage your family and friends to get regular physical examinations.Remember that women are more susceptible to heart problems.

Higher up and farther on.The best is yet to be!
Theo Cox

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