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Specific heart muscle disease /

Specific Heart Muscle Disease presents the primary syndromes in which heart muscle disease is an intrinsic part of another clinical syndrome. This book discusses the cardiomyopathies and shows how they are related to the different forms of specific heart muscle disease. Organized into 11 chapters, t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Evans, Tom, 1942-, Symons, Cecil, Mitchell, Andrew G.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol ; Boston : Wright-PSG, 1983.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; Specific Heart Muscle Disease; Copyright Page; Preface; Contributors; Table of Contents; Foreword; Chapter 1. Terminology of disorders of cardiac muscle; INTRODUCTION; PERIPARTAL HEART DISEASE; DIABETIC HEART DISEASE; THE CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS; THE RELATIONSHIP OF MYOCARDITIS TO CARDIOMYOPATHY; REFERENCES; Chapter 2. Amyloid heart disease; INTRODUCTION; PATHOLOGY; CLINICAL FEATURES; INVESTIGATIONS; TREATMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; REFERENCES; Chapter 3. Eosinophilic heart disease; INTRODUCTION; AETIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR FINDINGS; INVESTIGATIONS; NATURAL HISTORY
  • TREATMENTREFERENCES; Chapter 4. Cardiac disease associated with iron overload; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; REFERENCES; Chapter 5. Cardiac abnormalities associated with hereditary neuromuscular diseases; FRIEDREICH'S ATAXIA; DUCHENNE'S MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; BECKER'S DYSTROPHY AND LIMB GIRDLE DYSTROPHY OF ERB; FACIO-SCAPULOHUMERAL DYSTROPHY (LANDOUZY-DEJERINE SYNDROME); DYSTROPHIA MYOTONIA; SCAPULOPERONEAL SYNDROME; CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE (PERONEAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY); HUMEROPERONEAL DYSTROPHY; REFERENCES; Chapter 6. Acromegalic heart disease; INTRODUCTION; CLINICAL STUDIES; ANIMAL STUDIES; CONCLUSIONS
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSREFERENCES; Chapter 7. Thyroid heart disease; INTRODUCTION; ACTION OF THYROID HORMONES ON THE HEART; HYPOTHYROIDISM; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HEART MUSCLE DISEASE; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 8. Sarcoid heart disease; INTRODUCTION; SARCOID HEART DISEASE: THE BRITISH STUDY; FURTHER INVESTIGATION; TREATMENT; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 9. Alcohol-induced heart muscle disease; INTRODUCTION; POPULATION AT RISK; DEFINITION; RELATION BETWEEN ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PATHOGENIC MECHANISMS; PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL; PATHOLOGY
  • CLINICAL PRESENTATIONINVESTIGATIONS; INVASIVE ASSESSMENT OF ALCOHOLIC HEART DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 10. Drug toxicity and the heart: potential molecular mechanisms; CALCIUM OVERLOAD'; FREE RADICAL FORMATION; VASCULAR (ISCHAEMIA)-MEDIATED MYOCARDIAL INJURY; NUTRITIONAL-METABOLIC CAUSES; VASOACTIVE SUBSTANCES AND ABNORMALITIES IN CELLULAR HORMONE RECEPTORS; REFERENCES; Chapter 11. Diseases of the transplanted heart; INTRODUCTION; PROBLEMS FOLLOWING HEART TRANSPLANTATION; DONOR HEART PRESERVATION FOR CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION
  • MORPHOLOGICAL STUDIES ON LONG-TERM SURVIVORS OF CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATIONREFERENCES; Index