Cardiovascular Health & Stroke

Cardiac Nursing: A Companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease is the only comprehensive text available for cardiac nurses. This brand-new reference emphasizes both evidence-based practice and hands-on care in a high-tech, high-touch approach that meets the high-stakes needs of cardiac and critical care nurses.

ECG Interpretation Made Incredibly Easy! Fifth Edition makes learning to read and interpret rhythm strips simple. This practical reference uses a unique, conversational writing style that breaks down complex concepts and information to make ECG interpretation easier to understand.

This 10th Edition of Moss and Adams' Heart Disease in Infants, Children, and Adolescents: Including the Fetus and Young Adult, provides updated and useful information from leading experts in pediatric cardiology.

Written by internationally renowned physicians, scientists and cardiologists, Heart Disease in Women addresses the myths and facts about cardiovascular disease in women, one of the most common causes of death in women globally. The book is organised into eight detailed sections, beginning with prevention and risk factors, followed by investigation, diagnosis and management of coronary heart disease.

Covers all the key aspects of hypertension from epidemiology and aetiology to investigations, management, and complications. Includes the management of hypertension in special patient groups such as in pregnancy and the elderly.

Provides a practical approach to cardiac perioperative care. Step-by-step format guides readers from basic concepts, such as cardiac physiology and pharmacology, to anesthetic management of specific cardiac surgical procedures.

Covers aortic dissection and acute aortic syndromes including the pathology, genetics, diagnosis and treatment of uncomplicate and complicated aortic dissection. Includes many illustrations.

Patients who undergo cardiac surgery require specialized care. Critical care nurses are crucial to their postoperative recovery and health.

World-famous for its authority and clinical relevance, Fuster and Hurst's The Heart is cardiology's longest continuously published reference book.

Presented in the popular LANGE format, each chapter discusses diagnostic techniques, prevention strategies, treatment, and prognosis.

This book provides the necessary background to understand all aspects of cardiac CT imaging paired with practical instructions to acquire CT images, optimize image for interpretation, and to appropriately interpret scans.

Stroke is common, complicated to manage, and a major health concern worldwide. However, evidence shows that thorough and organized care from teams of health professionals on stroke units leads to substantially fewer deaths and better recovery than other types of care.