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This book describes novel and state-of-the-art methods for differentiating between the major types of arrhythmia, structural abnormalities and current practice guidelines and determination of risk stratification associated with sudden cardiac death.

The idea behind this book is to produce a fully comprehensive and highly illustrated "how to" technical reference manual, demonstrating surgical procedures in a step by step manner.

Orphan Lung Diseases: A Clinical Guide to Rare Lung Disease provides a comprehensive, clinically focused textbook on rare and so-called 'orphan' pulmonary diseases.

Atlas of Organ Transplantation, Second Edition, provides the reader with a comprehensive and pictorial step-by-step account of abdominal organ transplant procedures performed by contemporary transplant surgeons today.

This second edition spans four volumes, with major sections dedicated to specific organ systems. Consequently, the books are unique in their comprehensive coverage of pediatric critical care and their ease of use and will be of value to those studying towards pediatric critical care examinations and those who are already qualified.

This readable introduction to modern toxicology has a particular focus on the mechanisms underlying the induction of toxicity by foreign substances. It includes a wealth of illustrations that shed light on the conceptual details discusses in the text.

Written by internationally acclaimed specialists, Lower Abdominal and Perineal Surgery provides pertinent and concise procedure descriptions spanning benign and malignant problems and minimally invasive procedures.

This book covers nonlinear dynamic modeling and stability analysis of flexible riser systems, advanced control design for an installation system with a single rigid payload attached by thrusters, robust adaptive control for mooring systems and other topics.

The complexity of decision making in thoracic surgery is growing exponentially. As new technology is introduced, physicians from nonsurgical specialties offer alternative and competing therapies for what was once the exclusive province of the thoracic surgeon.

This book details all important aspects of Mohs surgery. Each chapter is easy to read, with summary boxes of all the major points. The chapters are written by world-renowned physicians in their respective specialties.

The second edition of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine spans four volumes, with major sections dedicated to specific organ systems.

Written by internationally acclaimed specialists, Breast, Endocrine and Surgical Oncology provides pertinent and concise procedure descriptions spanning benign and malignant problems and minimally invasive procedures.

Written by internationally acclaimed specialists, Upper Abdominal Surgery provides pertinent and concise procedure descriptions spanning benign and malignant problems and minimally invasive procedures.

This book shows why better leadership helps meet the challenges facing health care. The focus is on the Canadian-developed LEADS in a Caring Environment framework: what it does, how it was developed and how LEADS can be a model to envision and plan change.

Colorectal surgery is probably the largest of the subspecialties of general surgery, and one of the areas where trainees and consultant general /colorectal surgeons are least confident is in their understanding of the anatomy, physiological pathology and management of the anal canal and pelvis.

Orthopedic experts in their field have carefully chosen what they consider to be the key papers in their respective domains. Papers have been chosen by number of citations, academic importance, articles that have changed our whole way of thinking or that have simply stood the test of time.

The heart and lung are intricately linked. Pulmonary heart disease is by definition a condition when the lungs cause the heart to fail. The right ventricle (and structures of the "right heart") pumps blood to the lungs where it is oxygenated and returned to the left heart for distribution.

The second edition of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine spans three volumes, with major sections dedicated to specific organ systems.

This book offers a compendium of problems in operations research, in such areas as linear programming, integer programming, non-linear programming, network modeling, inventory theory, queue theory, tree decision, dynamic programming, Markov processes and more.

Intended for use as an everyday bench book beside the microscope, this book provides the diagnostic pathologist with a comprehensive, extensively cross-referenced approach to pancreatic pathology specimens. Includes tables, illustrations, algorithms and more.

This book covers mathematical modeling and simulation of desiccant wheels, and applications in thermal comfort and humidity controlled environments. Includes enthalpy, lumped models for heat and mass transfer, and desiccant assisted radiant cooling systems.

This comprehensive and innovative handbook covers several aspects of biometrics from the perspective of recognizing individuals at a distance, in motion, and under a surveillance scenario.

This book features all 64 of Leonardo's drawings on the heart and its physiology, accompanied by translations of his accompanying notes. Many of the illustrations are compared with images generated by magnetic resonance scanners and high definition ultrasound.

Using a `learning by calculating' approach, this comprehensive introductory text shows how stochastic computational methods are used across the field of finance. The revised and expanded fifth edition includes updates, as well as new material and exercises.

With the advent of less invasive treatments for aortic stenosis including percutaneous and apical replacement, more patients are being offered this technology. It will assist cardiologists in identifying patients with true aortic stenosis who may benefit from valve replacement.

It will define the operative pathway of each procedure, from beginning to end, for surgeons who wish to be a complete robotic cardiac surgeon and include hints and procedural pitfalls derived from the experiences of chapter contributors.

Aside from its use for public health professionals, the book will be used by schools of public health, clinical and public health nurses and students, schools of social work, allied health, and environmental sciences.

Female genital malformations represent miscellaneous deviations from normal anatomy. The diagnostic work-up of women with female genital malformations is reviewed in an evidence-based fashion and taking into account the availability of new non-invasive diagnostic methods.

To many patients and indeed health care professionals, IVF is the ultimate treatment for infertility. Surgical interventions can be used as a stand-alone fertility treatment or as an adjuvant treatment used in conjunction with other assisted conception treatments.