Recent Advances Series Edited by Derek J Rowlands BSc MB Chb MD FRCP FACC FESC FACA, Honorary Consultant Cardiologist, Manchester Heart Centre Bernard Clarke £35.00,  978-1-85315-715-8,  264pp,  Paperback,  June 2007

British Journal of Hospital Medicine January 2008, VOL 69, No 1
"Each topic is described in sufficient depth for the enthusiast, yet is written in a style which should appeal to the general reader" Derek Hausenloy, University College London Hospital

The Royal Society of Medicine Press is delighted to publish Recent Advances in Cardiology 14, which is part of the successful and well established Recent Advances series. Updated annually, this title covers the latest trends within cardiology and provides a comprehensive survey of up-to-date knowledge for trainee and practising cardiac physicians. The contributors are recognised experts in their particular field and they provide in-depth reviews of topics ranging across all areas of cardiology, including thrombosis, angioplasty and cardiac surgery. This text will also be relevant to the physician who deals with cardiology problems on a day-to-day basis.

Contents:
1 If inhibition: the concept and its possible role in the treatment of congestive heart failure
Elisabetta Cerbai, Alessandro Mugelli

2 Intracellular calcium and cardiac disease
Luigi A. Venetucci, David A. Eisner

3 Cardiac metabolism; from bench to bedside
Diabetic cardiomyopathy, a disease of cardiac metabolism?
Mamas A. Mamas, Ludwig Neyses

4 Interventions in the adult patient with congenital heart disease
Vaikom S. Mahadevan, Bernard Clarke

5 The congenital long QT syndrome: does the underlying genotype matter?
Ihab Diab, Clifford Garratt

6 Heart disease in pregnancy
Sarah Vause, Bernard Clarke, Derek J. Rowlands

7 Sudden cardiac death in young athletes
Sanjay Sharma, William J. McKenna

8 The current approach to the treatment of hypertension: a response to trials and guidelines
Tony M. Heagerty

9 Triggering of acute coronary syndromes
Mimi R. Bhattacharyya, Andrew Steptoe

10 Coronary heart disease in women: under-diagnosed and under-treated
Ghada W. Mikhail

11 Coronary angiography by CT: is it now feasible? Achievements, limitations, future possibilities
Melanie Greaves, Derek J. Rowlands

12 The limb leads and the frontal plane vectors: a poorly understood and undervalued resource
Derek J. Rowlands, Philip R. Moore

13 Percutaneous coronary intervention in acute coronary syndromes
Cara Hendry, Farzin Fath-Ordoubadi

14 Are the benefits of statins confined to their lipid-lowering properties?
J. Paul Miller

15 Mitral valve repair
J. Andreas Hoschtitzky, Daniel J.M. Keenan


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