Diagnosis and management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy / / edited by Barry J. Maron

• Pubblicazione: Malden, Mass., : Blackwell Futura, c2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (526 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.1/24; 616.124
• Soggetto topico: Heart - Hypertrophy
• Altri autori: MaronBarry J <1941-> (Barry Joel)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Diagnosis and Management of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy; Contents; Foreword; Dedication and Acknowledgments; List of Contributors; 1 Phenotypic Expression and Clinical Course of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy; 2 Genetic Mutations that Remodel the Heart in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy; 3 Genetic Basis and Genotype-Phenotype Relationships in Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy; 4 Historical Perspective, Mechanism, and Clinical Significance of Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy ; 5 Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy with Latent (Provocable) Obstruction: Pathophysiology and Management6 Pathophysiology and Clinical Consequences of Atrial Fibrillation in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy; 7 Other Modes of Disability or Death Including Stroke, and Treatment Strategies, in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy; 8 Disturbed Vascular Control in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Mechanisms and Clinical Significance; 9 Clinical Significance of Diastolic Dysfunction and the Effect of Therapeutic Interventions ; 10 Value of Exercise Testing in Assessing Clinical State and Prognosis in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy11 Pathophysiology and Significance of Myocardial Ischemia in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy; 12 Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in Japan: Clinical, Morphologic and Genetic Expression; 13 Prevalence, Prevention and Treatment of Infective Endocarditis in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy; 14 Pharmacologic Treatment of Symptomatic Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy; 15 Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Results of Septal Myectomy ; 16 United States Perspectives on the Role of Dual-Chamber Pacing in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy17 Dual-Chamber Pacing for Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy; 18 Alcohol Septal Ablation; 19 Alcohol Septal Ablation in the Treatment of Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy: A Seven-Year Experience; 20 Role of Septal Ablation in a Surgical Center; 21 Molecular and Clinical Tools for Sudden Death Risk Assessment in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy; 22 Risk Stratification for Sudden Death in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Extreme Left Ventricular Hypertrophy as a New Indicator of Risk ; 23 Implantable Defibrillator for Prevention of Sudden Death in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy24 Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Other Causes of Sudden Death in the Trained Athlete: An Electrophysiologist Perspective on the Management of Benign and Not So Benign Arrhythmias; 25 The Athlete's Heart, ECG, and Differential Diagnosis with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Other Cardiomyopathies; 26 Importance of Congenital Coronary Artery Anomalies ; 27 Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Identification with the Italian Preparticipation Athlete Screening Program
• Sommario/riassunto: Diagnosis and Management of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy is a unique, multi-authored compendium of information regarding the complexities of clinical and genetic diagnosis, natural history, and management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)-the most common and important of the genetic cardiovascular diseases-as well as related issues impacting the health of trained athletes. Edited by Dr. Barry J. Maron, a world authority on HCM, and with major contributions from all of the international experts in this field, this book provides a single comprehensive source of information conce
• Titolo autorizzato: Diagnosis and management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• ISBN: 1-280-19730-7; 9786610197309; 0-470-79903-X; 0-470-98746-4; 1-4051-4615-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910877204703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II