Heart and torch

The torch song has long been a vehicle for expression—perhaps American song's most sheerly visceral one. Two artists in particular have built upon this tradition to express their o...

Abstract Taking the reader from an understanding of the basic mechanisms of heart failure through to an appreciation of the complexities of heart failure management ...

Abstract The progression of heart disease is associated with changes in the neurohumoral mechanisms that control cardiac function. The degree to which this neurohumo...

This chapter describes the anaesthetic management of the patient with cardiovascular disease. The topics include ischaemic heart disease (including perioperative myocardial infarct...

Abstract Harold Arlen and His Songs is the first full-length study of the work of one of the great composers of the American Songbook. Although he created many stand...

Heart Like a Fakir is a history of the final forty years of British East India Company rule in India as witnessed by General Sir James Abbott (1807–1896), the man for whom the Paki...