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Advances in microcirculation: The microcirculation in diabetes
Book
Cardiac
reviews
Rehabilitation
for
by Lenore R. Zohman, Louis, 1979, The C.V.
M.D., Mosby
the
Practicing
and Albert Company,
Physician.
A. Kattus, 124 pages.
Edited M.D., St.
This is a 124 page book on a subject which is relatively popular in cardiology. All physicians responsible for patients with heart disease are primarily responsible for “rehabilitation” of their patient. This book reviews briefly the concepts in practice today. The nine parts include general discussions, psychological considerations, work and job rehabilitation and job placement, exercise programs, risk factors, sexual activity, and other aspects of rehabilitation of patients with myocardial infarction. The many contributors express their views clearly and effectively. This is the second volume of a series of volumes under the editorship of Dr. Zohman. These papers were presented at a symposium held during March, 1977. Physicians in practice will find these discussions to be useful and interesting, especially if they have never considered cardiac rehabilitation seriously. The increasing interest in this subject makes this publication important. It is practical and is directed at the busy practicing clinician with little time for study. Exercise
Electrocardiography:
Edward Williams
K. Chung, & Wilkins
Practical
Approach.
M.D., F.A.C.C., Baltimore, Company, 354 pages. Price
Edited by 1979, The $30.00.
This book on exercise testing electrocardiography edited by Dr. Chung and 13 contributors reviews exercise testing techniques and principles. The problems related to the use of exercise testing are discussed. Indications, contraindications, interpretation of data, values in screening for heart disease, and complications are among the subjects discussed. Because of the use of exercise testing, physicians who use and rely on this procedure in clinical practice will find this book interesting and especially useful for physicians in training. The illustrations are good and the presentations of bibliographies are helpful. This is not a book in which to find a concise critical discussion of the need for exercise testing, dangers, value, and limitations of exercise testing. Nevertheless, the use and practices at present are described. The reader will have to decide for himself as to the usefulness of the book to him. & Arterial Thrombosis. Edited by J. Heinrich M.D., Ph.D., and Laurence A. Sherman, M.D., New 1979, Grune & Stratton, Ilnc, 373 pages. Price $18.50.
Venous
Harders,
in
Microcirculation:
Edited by E. Davis Basel, 1979, S. Karger
The
Microcirculation
with B. M. Altura AG, 152 pages. Price
Heart
Journal
vol. 1979, Houghton
Cardiology,
in
and H. $81.00.
1. Edited
Mifflin
by M. Irene Ferrer, M.D., Company, 384 pages. Price
This is Volume I of Current Cardiology, the series to be edited by Dr. Ferrer. The purpose of these annual volumes is to make available the changes in cardiology to the practicing physician and cardiologist as they occur each year. The 12 chapters in this volume include a discussion of hypertension, valvular heart disease, coronary artery disease, pediatric cardiology, ventricular function, arrhythmias, pacemakers, the cardiac cell, echocardiography, cardiac surgery, cardiovascular pathology, and other subjects. The presentations are too brief to be comprehensive enough to inform the reader adequately of the subjects selected for discussion. Some of these problems selected are complex and currently there are differences of opinion concerning the mechanism and pathophysiology involved and they need future study. This is well exemplified by the chapter on the use of vasodilators for CHF. Starling’s law of the heart, the role of the peripheral circulation and the nervous system is too extensive a field to discuss in about 11 pages. This is also true for the broad field of cardiovascular pathology which is presented in less than 20 pages. Regardless, the discussions are interesting and present current views in cardiology. These views are discussed in a critical manner. It is hoped in future volumes that either fewer subjects are selected for more thorough and critical review or that the subjects selected be more specific. There is a need for critical evaluation and review and discussion for the reader of current practices and concepts in cardiology. This is especially important for the reader who is less informed and trained and who needs a critical evaluation of current concepts and practices in cardiology.
William Thomas,
This is volume 8 of Advances in Microcirculation. Changes in the small vessels in diabetes, though known to exist for many years, remain a great puzzle in medicine. This important publication of 152 pages is extremely interesting. Among
American
Current
Boston, $30.00.
Hemodynamics
Joist, York,
This is a new publication on an old important clinical problem. It represents a series of reports from a symposium held on April 6 and 7, 1978. The contributions include, among the many aspects of thrombosis, pathogenesis, diagnosis, pulmonary embolism, prevention, mechanism of action of heparin and coumadin, role of thrombolytic therapy, myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular occlusive disease, use of radioisotopic detection, and platelet suppressant therapy. This publication provides a good single source on the subject of thrombosis. It includes current concepts and interests. It is a useful book for clinicians, surely for cardiologists. Advances Diabetes.
the subjects discussed are hemorrheology, basal lamina in capillaries, management of leg ischemia, and vascular smooth muscle. The discussions are concerned with pathogenesis, pathology, and clinical diagnosis and management. The relationship of diabetes to the vascular lesions is discussed effectively. This is another important and timely volume on the microcirculation.
and
the
Blood
Vessel
E. Stehbens, M.D., Springfield, Ill., Publisher, 646 pages. Price $68.50.
Edited 1979, Charles
Wall.
by C
This is an important book. Hydraulic engineers have developed the fundamental principles of fluid flowing through rigid tubes, whereas blood vessels are not rigid and blood is a non-Newtonian fluid. The hydraulic principles governing the flow of blood through small and large blood vessels depend upon different factors related to the elasticity of the wall, the distensibility of the vessels, the changing tone, and other complex factors. These and many other hemodynamic and physiologic phenomena are discussed by the several contributors. Blood flow in vessels in association with certain disease states such as aortic stenosis, aneurysms, A-V shunts, and arteriosclerosis are discussed. Stehbens, a pathologist, has nicely related morphologic, normal, and pathologic states to hemodynamic phenomena. The book is a good one which should interest pathologists and physiologists. It is unlikely that practicing physicians will appreciate the book fully. There has been a need to describe in a single volume for the convenience of others the relationship of the physiologic and morphologic characteristics of hemodynamic phenomena.
769
Cardiac
reviews
Rehabilitation
for
by Lenore R. Zohman, Louis, 1979, The C.V.
M.D., Mosby
the
Practicing
and Albert Company,
Physician.
A. Kattus, 124 pages.
Edited M.D., St.
This is a 124 page book on a subject which is relatively popular in cardiology. All physicians responsible for patients with heart disease are primarily responsible for “rehabilitation” of their patient. This book reviews briefly the concepts in practice today. The nine parts include general discussions, psychological considerations, work and job rehabilitation and job placement, exercise programs, risk factors, sexual activity, and other aspects of rehabilitation of patients with myocardial infarction. The many contributors express their views clearly and effectively. This is the second volume of a series of volumes under the editorship of Dr. Zohman. These papers were presented at a symposium held during March, 1977. Physicians in practice will find these discussions to be useful and interesting, especially if they have never considered cardiac rehabilitation seriously. The increasing interest in this subject makes this publication important. It is practical and is directed at the busy practicing clinician with little time for study. Exercise
Electrocardiography:
Edward Williams
K. Chung, & Wilkins
Practical
Approach.
M.D., F.A.C.C., Baltimore, Company, 354 pages. Price
Edited by 1979, The $30.00.
This book on exercise testing electrocardiography edited by Dr. Chung and 13 contributors reviews exercise testing techniques and principles. The problems related to the use of exercise testing are discussed. Indications, contraindications, interpretation of data, values in screening for heart disease, and complications are among the subjects discussed. Because of the use of exercise testing, physicians who use and rely on this procedure in clinical practice will find this book interesting and especially useful for physicians in training. The illustrations are good and the presentations of bibliographies are helpful. This is not a book in which to find a concise critical discussion of the need for exercise testing, dangers, value, and limitations of exercise testing. Nevertheless, the use and practices at present are described. The reader will have to decide for himself as to the usefulness of the book to him. & Arterial Thrombosis. Edited by J. Heinrich M.D., Ph.D., and Laurence A. Sherman, M.D., New 1979, Grune & Stratton, Ilnc, 373 pages. Price $18.50.
Venous
Harders,
in
Microcirculation:
Edited by E. Davis Basel, 1979, S. Karger
The
Microcirculation
with B. M. Altura AG, 152 pages. Price
Heart
Journal
vol. 1979, Houghton
Cardiology,
in
and H. $81.00.
1. Edited
Mifflin
by M. Irene Ferrer, M.D., Company, 384 pages. Price
This is Volume I of Current Cardiology, the series to be edited by Dr. Ferrer. The purpose of these annual volumes is to make available the changes in cardiology to the practicing physician and cardiologist as they occur each year. The 12 chapters in this volume include a discussion of hypertension, valvular heart disease, coronary artery disease, pediatric cardiology, ventricular function, arrhythmias, pacemakers, the cardiac cell, echocardiography, cardiac surgery, cardiovascular pathology, and other subjects. The presentations are too brief to be comprehensive enough to inform the reader adequately of the subjects selected for discussion. Some of these problems selected are complex and currently there are differences of opinion concerning the mechanism and pathophysiology involved and they need future study. This is well exemplified by the chapter on the use of vasodilators for CHF. Starling’s law of the heart, the role of the peripheral circulation and the nervous system is too extensive a field to discuss in about 11 pages. This is also true for the broad field of cardiovascular pathology which is presented in less than 20 pages. Regardless, the discussions are interesting and present current views in cardiology. These views are discussed in a critical manner. It is hoped in future volumes that either fewer subjects are selected for more thorough and critical review or that the subjects selected be more specific. There is a need for critical evaluation and review and discussion for the reader of current practices and concepts in cardiology. This is especially important for the reader who is less informed and trained and who needs a critical evaluation of current concepts and practices in cardiology.
William Thomas,
This is volume 8 of Advances in Microcirculation. Changes in the small vessels in diabetes, though known to exist for many years, remain a great puzzle in medicine. This important publication of 152 pages is extremely interesting. Among
American
Current
Boston, $30.00.
Hemodynamics
Joist, York,
This is a new publication on an old important clinical problem. It represents a series of reports from a symposium held on April 6 and 7, 1978. The contributions include, among the many aspects of thrombosis, pathogenesis, diagnosis, pulmonary embolism, prevention, mechanism of action of heparin and coumadin, role of thrombolytic therapy, myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular occlusive disease, use of radioisotopic detection, and platelet suppressant therapy. This publication provides a good single source on the subject of thrombosis. It includes current concepts and interests. It is a useful book for clinicians, surely for cardiologists. Advances Diabetes.
the subjects discussed are hemorrheology, basal lamina in capillaries, management of leg ischemia, and vascular smooth muscle. The discussions are concerned with pathogenesis, pathology, and clinical diagnosis and management. The relationship of diabetes to the vascular lesions is discussed effectively. This is another important and timely volume on the microcirculation.
and
the
Blood
Vessel
E. Stehbens, M.D., Springfield, Ill., Publisher, 646 pages. Price $68.50.
Edited 1979, Charles
Wall.
by C
This is an important book. Hydraulic engineers have developed the fundamental principles of fluid flowing through rigid tubes, whereas blood vessels are not rigid and blood is a non-Newtonian fluid. The hydraulic principles governing the flow of blood through small and large blood vessels depend upon different factors related to the elasticity of the wall, the distensibility of the vessels, the changing tone, and other complex factors. These and many other hemodynamic and physiologic phenomena are discussed by the several contributors. Blood flow in vessels in association with certain disease states such as aortic stenosis, aneurysms, A-V shunts, and arteriosclerosis are discussed. Stehbens, a pathologist, has nicely related morphologic, normal, and pathologic states to hemodynamic phenomena. The book is a good one which should interest pathologists and physiologists. It is unlikely that practicing physicians will appreciate the book fully. There has been a need to describe in a single volume for the convenience of others the relationship of the physiologic and morphologic characteristics of hemodynamic phenomena.
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