A new approach to understanding, preventing, and treating heart disease to empower you and your loved ones to live long and healthy lives. The main cause of heart disease--the world's number one killer--is a cancer-like "tumor" inside the coronary arteries that keep our hearts beating. Although this similarity to cancer is well-established in ......
A Guide to the Tests and Treatments You Really Need
Knowing what heart tests and treatments are best for you is essential to a healthy heart and mitigating the consequences of heart disease once acquired. Here, Dr. Jignesh Shah walks readers through cardiac health and disease prevention and explains which tests and treatments are vital and which are typically unnecessary.
The definitive certification review for CVRN exam success!Mirroring the CVRN Certification exam blueprint in style and content, this is the most current and comprehensive review guide available. Written in a user-friendly style, this review provides a concise and focused survey of the most important aspects of cardiovascular care. Cardiac nursing ......
This new edition has been completely revised to take in all the NICE, ESV and ESVS guidelines that have been updated over the last 5 years. It covers all the cardiology a medical student needs to know.
Delivering clear and concise explanations to help students easily grasp key concepts, this book provides a comprehensive, no-nonsense approach to EKG interpretation for nurse practitioner and physician assistant students, as well as practicing clinicians who need a quick refresher.
Presents a multitude of practice examples to help critical care students and practitioners grasp and excel at key concepts of 12-Lead EKG and dysrhythmia interpretation. This straightforward resource is ideal for new graduates and nurses who are considering a switch to critical or acute care.
Winston Wicomb, the Heart Transplant Pioneer Apartheid Could Not Stop
Winston Wicomb was too dark to fit in with his family's efforts to evade the Apartheid era's notorious inspectors and had to hide whenever there was a knock on their door. This is the story of an eternal optimist and profound dreamer who managed to rise from the backstreets of Cape Town to become an internationally recognized transplant pioneer.
The NP's and PA's Guide to a Comprehensive History and Deciphering the D
Written specifically for both the novice and experienced cardiovascular clinician in acute care settings, this is the only resource to focus on the art of conducting an indepth patient history. Using the steps and strategies outlined in this text, the cardiovascular clinician will learn to adopt a specific and detailed line of questioning to ......
This concise primer introduces mental health practitioners to the fundamentals of chronic heart disease. It reviews basic etiology and specific methods for assessing and treating comorbid psychological disorders.
