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Item Details
Title:
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THE HEART AND LUNG IN OBESITY
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By: |
Martin A. Alpert (Editor), James K. Alexander (Editor) |
Format: |
Hardback |
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£108.25 |
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ISBN 10: |
0879936851 |
ISBN 13: |
9780879936853 |
Publisher: |
JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD |
Pub. date: |
27 April, 1998 |
Pages: |
253 |
Description: |
This volume concentrates on the cardiovascular effects of obesity, presenting and integrating literature from such disparate areas as endocrinology/metabolism, surgery, biochemistry and physiology. It looks at the effects of obesity on myocardial metabolism, morphology and function. |
Synopsis: |
This unique book is the first to focus on the cardiovascular effects of obesity. The authors present and integrate relevant literature from such disparate areas as endocrinology/metabolism, surgery, biochemistry, and physiology. Among the topics covered: The effects of obesity on myocardial metabolism, morphology and function An in-depth analysis of the evolution of obesity cardiomyopathy Obesity's interrelationship with sleep disordered breathing The effects of weight loss on obesity-related cardiopulmonary abnormalities Obesity and coronary artery diseaseThis last topic has seldom if ever been so comprehensively reviewed. Indeed, the entire text provides the most in-deth critical analysis yet of how obesity affects the heart and lung.Recommended for anyone working in the field of obesity or providing medical care to obese patients. |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Blackwell Futura |
Returns: |
Returnable |
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