Encyclopedia of Cardiovascular Research Hardcover – 1 Sept. 2011

This book presents and discusses current research in the study of cardiovascular disorders. Topics discussed include cardiac rehabilitation in women; effects of exercise on the prevention and rehabilitation of diastolic heart failure; cardiac rehabilitation in children with congenital heart disease; prenatal diagnosis of congenital fetal heart disease; single ventricle anatomy, physiology, repair and outcome; cardiac tumors; pulmonary hypertension in the down syndrome population; oxidative stress and heart failure; right ventricular failure in cardiac surgery and coronary artery bypass grafting for chronic and acute heart failure.