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In March 2001, the National Institutes of Health issued the following warning: "The number of Web sites offering health-related resources grows every day. Many sites provide valuable information, while others may have information that is unreliable or misleading."Furthermore, because of the rapid increase in Internet-based information, many hours can be wasted searching, selecting, and printing.This book was created for medical professionals, students, and members of the general public who want to conduct medical research using the most advanced tools available and spending the least amount of time doing so. ... Read more

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Pulmonary hypertension is often difficult to diagnose, because it presents with nonspecific cardiorespiratory findings that reflect abnormal pulmonary vasculature and not the underlying cause. Knowledge of normal pulmonary vascular physiology is imperative in determining possible sources of the hypertension. The authors describe the three major categories of secondary pulmonary hypertension and management of two specific forms. Part 2 of this article, which describes primary pulmonary hypertension, will appear in the March issue. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed., brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 574 words.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.The third edition of this authoritative, comprehensive, in-depth medical guide features information on medical topics in language accessible to adult laypersons. Disease/disorder articles typically cover definition; description; causes and symptoms; diagnosis; treatments; prevention; and more. Test/treatment articles typically cover definition; purposes; precautions; preparation; risks; normal and abnormal results; and much more. ... Read more

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Pulmonary hypertension and cor pulmonale are serious disorders whose frequency is greatly underestimated. Heart, lungs and vessels with their diverse functions have an important role to play during their genesis and in the course of reconstruction processes. The author has summarized the special anatomical, physiological and pathological features that are the most important for understanding these three organ systems, ranging from respiration physiological through cardiac disorders in general all the way to coagulation disorders.

Particular emphasis is placed on the presentation of new pharmacological approaches in therapy which are supported with numerous references.

The book is intended for all those who concern themselves with this syndrome. Family doctors, specialists in internal medicine, lung specialists, cardiologists, heart surgeons, thoracic surgeons and radiologists will all find new information here that is important for them in daily practice. There are many lucid diagrams to explain complex relationships

Medical students will benefits from the comprehensive presentation of this complex topic, since most textbooks of internal medicine deal only cursorily with the pulmonary hypertension or cor pulmonale syndrome ... Read more

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The article is excerpted fromGale Encyclopedia of Medicine.

Consultthe second edition of this authoritative, comprehensive, in-depthmedical guide for information on more than 1,700 medical topics inlanguage accessible to adult laypersons. Presented in a singlealphabetical sequence, articles range in length from one or twoparagraphs for minor topics, to several pages or more for major topics.Disease/disorder articles typically cover definition; description;causes and symptoms; diagnosis; treatments; prevention; and more.Test/treatment articles typically cover definition; purposes;precautions; preparation; risks; normal and abnormal results; and muchmore. This second edition includes more than 200 new entries, 300updated entries, approximately 650 color images and illustrations, anda comprehensive subject index. New features include biographical andhistorical sidebars throughout the text.

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Published/Released: December 2001

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This digital document is an article from FOCUS: Journal for Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine, published by Thomson Gale on January 1, 2005. The length of the article is 1467 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: Cor pulmonale--heart failure due to lung failure.(RESPIRATORY CLINICAL KEEPER #11)
Author: Bill Wojciechowski
Publication: FOCUS: Journal for Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Page: 12(2)

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This digital document is an article from Southern Medical Journal, published by Southern Medical Association on October 1, 2001. The length of the article is 1994 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: Transitional cell carcinoma manifesting as acute cor pulmonale: cause of microscopic tumor Embolism.
Author: Samjot Singh Dhillon
Publication: Southern Medical Journal (Refereed)
Date: October 1, 2001
Publisher: Southern Medical Association
Volume: 94Issue: 10Page: 1030(3)

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Auch in der dritten, neu bearbeiteten Auflage wurde das Konzept des Buches beibehalten, eine Darstellung der Krankheiten des Herzens und des Kreislaufs in enger Verbindung mit der gesamten inneren Medizin in einer auf die praktischen Bedürfnisse ausgerichteten Form für kardiologisch tätige Ärzte und Studenten vorzulegen. Kurzgefaßt werden in jedem Beitrag die Grundlagen der pathologischen Anatomie, der Pathophysiologie bzw. der Pathobiochemie dargestellt. In straffer Form und mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Echokardiographie wird auf die mit nicht-invasiven Untersuchungstechniken faßbaren Symptome und auf die differentialdignostisch bedeutsamen Merkmale eingegangen. Ausführlich werden Indikation, praktische Durchführung und diagnostischer Stellenwert der invasiven Untersuchungsmethoden (einschließlich möglicher Risiken) geschildert. Die Therapieempfehlungen stützen sich auf die Grundlagen der Pharmakokinetik wie auch auf die erzielbaren Ergebnisse apparativer, instrumenteller und herzchirurgischer Eingriffe hinsichtlich Früh- und Spätprognose. Notfallpläne für die Erstversorgung akuter Krankheitsbilder sind beigefügt. Zahlreiche Tabellen, Schema-Zeichnungen und Originalregistrierungen der bildgebenden Verfahren ergänzen den Text sehr informativ. Angegliedert ist ein umfangreiches Sachregister, das auch Pharmaka bzw. pharmakologische Stoffgruppen aufführt. ... Read more