Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Aortic Remodeling Post Endovascular Aortic Repair
Nikolaos Schizas1, MD, Msc, PhD(c), Aikaterini Dedeilia2, MD and Georgia Nazou3, MD, Msc
1National and Kapodistrian University, Athens, Greece
2Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA
3Anesthesiology Department, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece
Chapter 2. Applications of Heart Rhythm Variability to Study Mechanisms of Influence of Differentiated Massage in Dorsopathy
D. V. Vakulenko1 and L. O. Vakulenko2
1I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ukraine
2Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University, Ukraine
Chapter 3. Anesthesiologic Management of Endovascular Aortic Repair
Georgia Nazou1, MD Msc, Anastasia Analyti2, MD Msc, Dimitrios Massaras3, MD and Nikolaos Schizas4, MD Msc PhD
1Department of Anesthesiology, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
2Department of Anesthesiology, Asklipieio Voulas General Hospital, Athens, Greece
3 Department of Surgery, Aretaieio University Hospital, Athens, Greece
4National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Chapter 4. The Influence of Zhong Yuan Qigong Practices on the Adaptive Mechanisms of the Cardiovascular System
D. V. Vakulenko1 and L. O. Vakulenko2
1I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ukraine
2V. Hnatiuk Ternopil National Pedagogical University, Ukraine
Chapter 5. The Myocardial Sleeve Over the Pulmonary Vein: How It Relates to Cardiac Arrhythmias
Ghazal Ghasempour Dabaghi1,2, Mehrdad Rabiee Rad1,2 and Farnaz Aghadavood1
1School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Science, Isfahan, Iran
2Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Science, Isfahan, Iran
Chapter 6. Bioactive Peptides: From Research to Cardiovascular Therapy
Sara Baptista-Silva, Maria Martingo, Ezequiel R. Coscueta, Manuela Pintado and Sandra Borges
Universidade Católica Portuguesa, CBQF – Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina – Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Porto, Portugal
Chapter 7. Role of microRNAs in Pulmonary Hypertension
Mehrdad Rabiee Rad1,2, Muhammad Mehdi Zare, Yasaman Shojaei1, Marjan Jamalian2, Mahshad Izadan3 and Ghazal Ghasempour Dabaghi1,2
1School of medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Science, Isfahan, Iran
2Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Science, Isfahan, Iran
2School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Science, Isfahan, Iran
Chapter 8. Benefits and Limitations of Fibrinolytic Therapy
Atit A Gawalkar, Ajay Shunmugarajan and Rajesh Vijayvergiya
Department of Cardiology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Chapter 9. CARDIOSIM© Cardiovascular Software Simulator for the Study of ECMO Support and Mechanical Ventilation Interaction
Beatrice De Lazzari1, MSc, Massimo Capoccia2 , MD, MSc, PhD, and Claudio De Lazzari3,4, MSc
1Department of Human Movement and Sport Sciences, “Foro Italico” 4th University of Rome, Italy
2Department of Cardiac Surgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK
3National Research Council, Institute of Clinical Physiology (IFC-CNR), Rome, Italy
4Faculty of Medicine, Teaching University Geomedi, Tbilisi, Georgia
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