Recent Advances Series, 15 Edited by Derek Rowlands Bernard Clarke £35.00,  978-1-85315-729-5,  274pp,  Paperback,  May 2008

Raj Gill, School of Medicine, Keele University
The recent advances series contains new and interesting material, written by experts in their field of interest, and this book does not disappoint!

The Royal Society of Medicine Press is delighted to publish Recent Advances in Cardiology 15, part of the successful and well-established Recent Advances series. Each new issue contains entirely new material, written by experts in their field from across the world, and covers a broad selection of general cardiac topics to satisfy the book's equally broad readership. Featuring the latest trends, Recent Advances in Cardiology is essential reading for trainees and is a useful update for practising cardiac physicians in this rapidly developing specialty.

Review from previous edition:

'Each topic is described in sufficient depth for the enthusiast, yet is written in a style which should appeal to the general reader.'
British Journal of Hospital Medicine, review of Recent Advances in Cardiology 14

Contents
1 - Gene and cell therapy for cardiac arrhythmias
Eduardo Marbán, Hee Cheol Cho
2 - Vascular calcification: characteristics and pathological mechanisms
Yvonne Alexander, Anthony Heagerty, Daniel Keenan
3 - Emergencies in adult congenital heart disease
Petra Jenkins, Vaikom S. Mahadevan
4 - The electrocardiography of repolarisation
Derek J. Rowlands, Philip R. Moore
5 - Evaluating the cardiac risk of non-cardiac surgery
Wei C. Lau, Kim A. Eagle
6 - Late stent thrombosis: incidence, significance, outcomes, management
Marc E. Shelton, Gregory J. Mishkel, Anna L. Moore, Amanda M. Pfeiffer
7 - How far are clinical trial data reliable guides to the optimal treatment of acute myocardial infarction?
Philippe Gabriel Steg, Isabelle Boutron
8 - Percutaneous aortic valve replacement
John G. Webb
9 - Setting up a primary percutaneous coronary intervention service - the Harefield experience
Charles Ilsley, Richard Grocott-Mason
10 - Cardiovascular magnetic resonance of the atheromatous plaque: achievements, anticipated developments, clinical application
Niall G. Keenan, Dudley J. Pennell
11 - The role of platelet antagonists in the management of cerebrovascular problems
Jeremy P.R. Dick, Jane E. Wainwright
12 - Ventricular assist devices: their current and evolving role
Emma J. Birks
13 - Cardiovascular risk and the metabolic syndrome
Martin K. Rutter, James B. Meigs, Peter W.F. Wilson
14 - Recent advances in surgery of the thoracic aorta
K. Edward McLaughlin, Finn G. Farquharson

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