Cardiology
Greatly expanded, updated new edition of Semple and Lindops unique atlas of highly captioned color slides illustrating hypertension diagnosis using MRI, CT, and Doppler imaging as well as angiograms and histology. Contains nearly 100 slides, double the number in the previous edition, showing the effects of hypertension on the brain, eye, heart, and kidneys and in diabetes mellitus. The slides also illustrate the very latest methods of blood pressure measurement using ambulatory recordings, digital subtraction angiography, MRI, and three dimensional spiral CT angiography. in addition, they include cases of renovascular and renal hypertension, primary aldosteronism along with other forms of mineralocorticoid hypertension and Cushines syndrome, and pheochromocyroma. A section on miscellaneous conditions shows cases of hyperparathyroidism, acromegaly, gestational hypertension involving estrogens, contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy, coarctation of the aorta, and other risk factors. Masterful resource for clinical reference, patient education, and lectures.