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This book is a comprehensive overview of heart failure and cardiac transplantation and integrates scientific and clinical information about the physiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of this disorder. Organized into five parts, it reviews the history and basic mechanisms of heart failure; etiology of heart failure; heart failure disease progression; advanced therapies for heart failure; and cardiac transplantation. The book presents basic concepts in the physiology, molecular biology, pathology, and epidemiology of the normal and failing heart; known causes of heart failure, such as right heart failure, valvular cardiomyopathy, molecular mechanisms of sarcomeric cardiomyopathies, and neuromuscular cardiomyopathy; cardiorenal syndrome; neurohormonal activation; cardiac resynchronization, ventricular assist devices; regenerative mechanisms; orthotopic heart transplantation; early and late management of the post-transplant patient; heart transplantation and antibody-mediated rejections; heart-lung transplantation; and cardiac xenotransplantation.
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The new edition of this leading text atlas on corneal topography has been updated to include the latest advances in technology, such as Pentacam and Orbscan. The principles and theory underlying each technology are first clearly explained, and clinical applications are then examined. The authors describe how to use the different technologies and devices, explain the clinical readout with illustrations of normal corneal topography, discuss applications and findings in common disease states, and present the appearances after various corneal surgical procedures. The pros and cons of each system are highlighted. This up-to-date, superbly illustrated book is the most comprehensive guide to corneal topography currently available. It is anticipated that this second edition will become the seminal corneal topography textbook for all with an interest in corneal disease and its management, and refractive surgery. About the Author Melanie Corbett is a consultant ophthalmologist at the Western Eye Hospital, London and has a special interest in the cornea and anterior segment. She undertook a medical doctorate at St Thomas’ Hospital under Professor John Marshall and then completed a corneal fellowship at Moorfields Eye Hospital. She is the Chair of Education for the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, and has lead the Training the Trainers programme in the UK and overseas for over 10 years. She is a leading authority in diseases and surgery of the cornea and anterior segment and is the author of over 60 peer-reviewed publications and several textbooks.Nicholas Maycock is a consultant ophthalmologist with a specialist interest in cornea, anterior segment and complex cataract surgery. He is a past committee member of the Young Ophthalmologist Programme (YOP) at the UK and Ireland Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (UKISCRS) and is a member of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists microsurgical skills faculty. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and frequently presents at national and international conferences. Emanuel Rosen is one of the pioneers of modern cataract surgery. He is a world-renowned ophthalmologist with a specialist interest in anterior segment disease and cataract and refractive surgery. He is a past president of the International Intraocular Implant Club (IIC), set up in 1966 to promote research into intraocular lens implantation. He is also a past president of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS) and is a current board member and chairman of the ESCRS publications committee. He has won numerous national and international awards. He was a visiting professor at the Department of Visual Sciences at Manchester University (retired), but remains in private clinical practice. He is a founding and current editor of the Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery and is author of numerous books, book chapters, and peer-reviewed journal publications.David O’Brart has been a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust in London since 1996 and is the Director of Refractive, Cornea and Anterior Segment Surgery. In recognition of his clinical research, he was appointed as Professor of Corneal Science at King’s College, University of London in 2015. He is a past president of the United Kingdom and Ireland Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons and specialist adviser to the National Institute for Clinical Excellence and the Medical Health Research Authority for the Royal College of Ophthalmologists. His current clinical and laboratory research is directed at optimizing treatments for Keratoconus and Dry Eye and Femtosecond laser technology for Cataract Surgery. As a leading international researcher in the field of Corneal Collagen Cross-linking, Laser Refractive and Cataract Surgery he has published one hundred and forty scientific publications in peer-reviewed ophthalmic journals, co-authored books on corneal topography, refractive and corneal surgery and contributed numerous chapters to international ophthalmic text books.
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