Off by heart and out of breath

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...

Abstract Sounds as They Are theorizes non-notated sounds in recordings of notated classical music. It studies the expressive rhythm of sounds made by a musician’s bo...

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

‘Refreshing and imaginative, this book teaches through enhanced awareness and instructs through clear and specific exercises.’ Cicely Berry A practical course for actors ...

This chapter covers the assessment and investigation of perioperative cardiac risk, the principles of perioperative haemodynamic monitoring and physiological changes in cardiac com...

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...