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Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery $68.51 Coronary artery bypass surgery, also coronary artery bypass graft surgery, and colloquially heart bypass or bypass surgery is a surgical procedure performed to relieve angina and reduce the risk of death from coronary artery disease. Arteries or veins from elsewhere in the patients body are grafted to the coronary arteries to bypass atherosclerotic narrowings and improve the blood supply to the coronary circulation supplying the myocardium. This surgery is usually performed with the heart stopped, necessitating the usage of cardiopulmonary bypass; techniques are available to perform CABG on a beating heart, socalled offpump surgery. Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 68 Publication Date: 2009/11/04 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.16 inches |
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Gastric Bypass Surgery: The Psychological Journey $19.4 This book is for anyone contemplating or for those who have had the gastric bypass procedure for weight loss. It is intended to provide information about various psychological issues that are common throughout the process. It includes areas to explore both before and after surgery, as well as an overview of some true stories of those who have previously undergone this procedure. Author: McNally LcswC, Ranesa Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 84 Publication Date: 2008/08/01 Language: English Dimensions: 8.00 x 5.00 x 0.20 inches |
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A Bypass in the Road: Journey of the Heart $10.99 “Following a routine visit to the doctor’s office, Debi Morzark Hutchens was faced with unexpected heart bypass surgery. Travel along with Debi as she shares important insights discovered about God’s power and victory on her walk through A Bypass in the Road: Journey of the Heart, written while trying to find her way back to the person she was. As Debi grasps onto her Father’s hand tighter than ever, she realizes that God has a plan and many times He uses adversity and trials to slow us down and remind us that He has already won the battle. There is no situation impossible to Him! The secret is allowing Him to walk on our journey with us.” |
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Rastelli Procedure $74.88 Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Rastelli procedure is an open heart surgical procedure developed by Italian physician and cardiac surgery researcher, Giancarlo Rastelli, which is used to correct certain combinations of congenital heart defects (CHDs): 1. dextroTransposition of the great arteries (dTGA), or overriding aorta, or double outlet right ventricle (DORV); and 2. Ventricular septal defect (VSD). The Rastelli procedure is typically performed between one and two years of age. Since dTGA, overriding aorta, and DORV are cyanotic heart defects, the child is palliated with a BlalockTaussig shunt in the meantime. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Tennoe, Mariam T./ Henssonow, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 18 Publication Date: 2011/02/28 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.02 x 0.04 inches |
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Weight Loss Surgery $4.99 Now revised and updated, The Patient’s Guide to Weight Loss Surgery is the most current and reliable source of information for anyone who wants to make an informed decision about gastric bypass and bariatric surgery. The Patient’s Guide to Weight Loss Surgery provides valuable information on: The different kinds of weight loss surgery. The risks and rewards of each procedure. How to choose the right procedure and surgeon. Ways to cope with the emotional changes that accompany a dramatic change in body size. Compelling stories of patients who have had the surgery. The financial and insurance considerations of weight loss surgery. An indispensable guide for surgery candidates and their families, The Patient’s Guide to Weight Loss Surgery explains everything you need to know about this increasingly popular surgical procedure. |
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Bariatric Surgery $68.51 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Bariatric surgery, or weight loss surgery, is a type of procedure performed on people who are dangerously obese, for the purpose of losing weight. This weight loss is usually achieved by reducing the size of the stomach with an implanted medical device gastric banding or through removal of a portion of the stomach gastric bypass surgery. Longterm studies show the procedures cause significant longterm loss of weight, recovery from diabetes, improvement in cardiovascular risk factors, and a reduction in mortality of 23 to 40. The U.S. National Institutes of Health recommends bariatric surgery for obese people with a body mass index BMI of at least 40, and for people with BMI 35 and serious coexisting medical conditions such as diabetes. Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 70 Publication Date: 2009/12/09 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.16 inches |
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So Youre Having Heart Bypass Surgery $29.99 Author: Colella, Tracey J./ Turner, Suzette/ Goldman, Bernard S. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 176 Publication Date: 2003/10/27 Language: English Dimensions: 8.70 x 6.06 x 0.38 inches |
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So You’re Having Heart Bypass Surgery $22.38 No Synopsis Available |
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Jatene Procedure $58.94 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The Jatene procedure, or arterial switch, is an open heart surgical procedure used to correct dextrotransposition of the great arteries (dTGA); its development was pioneered by Canadian cardiac surgeon William Mustard and it was named for Brazilian cardiac surgeon Adib Jatene, who was the first to use it successfully. It was the first method of dTGA repair to be attempted, but the last to be put into regular use because of technological limitations at the time of its conception. Use of the arterial switch is historically preceded by two atrial switch methods: the Senning and Mustard procedures. This surgery may be used in combination with other procedures for treatment of certain cases of double outlet right ventricle (DORV) in which the great arteries are dextrotransposed. Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 74 Publication Date: 2010/08/17 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.18 inches |
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Surgery $68.51 Surgery is a medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, to help improve bodily function or appearance, or sometimes for some other reason. An act of performing surgery may be called a surgical procedure, operation, or simply surgery. In this context, the verb operating means performing surgery. The adjective surgical means pertaining to surgery; e.g. surgical instruments or surgical nurse. The patient or subject on which the surgery is performed can be a person or an animal. A surgeon is a person who performs operations on patients. Persons described as surgeons are commonly medical practitioners, but the term is also applied to physicians, podiatric physicians, dentists and veterinarians. Surgery can last from minutes to hours, but is typically not an ongoing or periodic type of treatment. The term surgery can also refer to the place where surgery is performed, or simply the office of a physician, dentist, or veterinarian Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 66 Publication Date: 2009/11/03 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.15 inches |
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Overview of Cardiac Surgery for the Cardiologist $221.44 Written in easily accessible terms for the nonsurgeon, Overview of Cardiac Surgery for the Cardiologist provides the essential information cardiologists need when counseling their patients about heart surgery. Surgical procedures are described without an excess of technical jargon to make cardiologists more aware of the benefits and limitations of cardiac surgery, and to enable the physician to explain cardiac operations more clearly to the patient. Fifteen eminent cardiac surgeons contribute chapters on: cardiac anesthesia; cardiopulmonary bypass; myocardial protection; coronary bypass surgery; aortic, mitral, and tricuspid valve replacement and repair; adult congenital heart disease; cardiac transplantation; mechanical assist devices; active endocarditis; surgical considerations of prosthetic valve selection; reoperations; plus a unique question and answer format. Author: Lee, Richard T./ Lee, R./ Peigh, Pamela S. Binding Type: Hardcover Number of Pages: 161 Publication Date: 1993/12/17 Language: English Dimensions: 6.14 x 9.21 x 0.43 inches |
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Prospects of Heart Surgery: Psychological Adjustment to Coronary Bypass Grafting $113.1 No Synopsis Available |
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Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery $301.11 A comprehensive review by renowned authorities of the many exciting developments occurring across the rapidly emerging field of minimally invasive or minimal access cardiac surgery. The books distinguished panel of contributors presents the interventional cardiologists perspective, spells out the key factors for success in beatingheart coronary bypass grafting through limited incisions, and surveys the various methods of harvesting the internal thoracic artery. Other topics treated include immobilization of the surgical field, minimal access valve and congenital surgery, alternative methods of anastomosis, and portaccess coronary bypass grafting. Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery summarizes all the latest findings on the powerful new techniques, as well as the results, of minimally invasive coronary surgery, including valvular heart disease, congenital heart disease, and coronary revascularization. Author: Oz, Mehmet C./ Goldstein, Daniel J. Series Title: Contemporary Cardiology (Hardcover) Series Number: 2 Binding Type: Hardcover Number of Pages: 256 Publication Date: 1998/10/26 Language: English Dimensions: 10.46 x 7.10 x 0.75 inches |
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The Procedure $10.09 Maggie Carmichael was a young woman, although raised in a loving home, never felt loved. She appeared happy on the outside but she had a void in her life: the need for unconditional love. She still believed in fairytales. In her quest for Prince Charming, Maggie finds herself in many unsettling and terrifying situations; each one making her feel less deserving of the love she desperately needs. Maggie decides she will settle for whatever love she can get, from whomever will give it. Finally, Maggie finds a man to love her. She loves him unconditionally and tries desperately to make him love her the same. Maggie's desperation for his love allows him convince her to make the biggest mistake of her life. Maggie is devastated by what she has done. It changes her life forever and she loses her desire to dream. She struggles with every aspect of her life. There are constant reminders that tears away at her heart until she gives up on love completely. Doing what she can to survive, Maggie focuses on her career and anything else to keep her mind away from what has torn her apart. She prays for forgiveness but wonders if she can be forgiven. Maggie finally experiences God's grace. She feels His forgiveness and real freedom for the first time in years. She finally has peace. Maggie has all she thinks she wants: a successful career, a church she loves and great friends. Her life is going great until a fateful trip to the mall reminds her of the biggest mistake of her life. Come on this journey with Maggie and find out how every part of her life leads to her greatest adventure: true, faithful and unconditional love and her own magical fairytale. |
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When To Bypass Back Surgery $7.99 My book describes the significance and difference of low back pain among a child, adult, or elder. It guides the nonmedical reader how to evaluate low back pain, how it should be treated, and it emphasizes a conservative nonsurgical treatment. I wrote a chapter about the anatomy of the lower spine, so the lector will have a better understanding of the medical condition; a chapter about sciatic pain, central and lateral hemiated discs, spinal stenosis, sacroiliac strain, and coccygodynia; one about and when surgery is indicated and how to go about a consultation and "second opinion"; I talk about physical therapy and its multiple modalities; as well as manipulation, acupuncture, and trigger points injections. I have a small chapter of the most common surgical procedures and also about painkillers and analgesics. I describe my own exercise program for the treatment of low back pain. Finally, there is a chapter that I call Useful Resources, a Web page where the reader can obtain serious professional information about the subject. I feel that this small book could be useful to the average reader, to these days of "medical propaganda" when we are paying for unnecessary surgery and tests, which are very costly and sometimes with catastrophic results. |
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The Complete Weight-Loss Surgery Guide and Diet Program: $16.96 Weight loss surgery, also known as bariatric surgery, is a surgical procedure designed to help people decrease their food intake and change the way their body handles food–the result being significant weight loss. This comprehensive book provides information on the many procedures that are currently available in North America, from the widely known laparoscopic adjustable gastric band (LAGB) to the duodenal switch and the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (gastric bypass). As importantly, it looks at the causes of obesity, obesityrelated problems and standard treatments. All the risks and benefits associated with the surgery are examined, including recovery, potential long-term problems and risks, and measures of success. Because diet, portion size and lifestyle are integral to ensuring a successful surgical outcome, the second component of the book provides the resources for healthy eating, nutrition, supplements and making positive changes in lifestyle. To further ensure success, 150 recipes have been included that have been specially created with weight-loss patients in mind. Not only are they delicious, but they are nutritionally sound and designed to accommodate the techniques and diet stages required after surgery. This book is ideal for anyone considering weight loss surgery, who has had the surgery or who is looking for a dietary and lifestyle program/strategies that have been created specifically to meet these unique requirements. |
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When to Bypass Back Surgery $15.59 No Synopsis Available |
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Coronary Bypass Surgery $34.13 No Synopsis Available |
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Reversing Heart Disease: A Vital New Program to Help Prevent, Treat, and Eliminate Cardiac Problems Without Surgery $5.99 Here is an update of the complete guide to cardiac care – packed with new ways to conquer heart disease without drugs or bypass surgery! Hundreds of thousands of heart patients have used Dr. Julian Whitaker’s best-selling Reversing Heart Disease to successfully deal with cardiac problems naturally. Whitaker examines modern medicines latest diagnostic techniques, treatments, and drugs – and offers the newest improvements to his comprehensive cardiac program. |
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Life After Heart Surgery by Burke, David A. [Paperback] $19.59 How does a 3 Sport varsity high School athlete, collegiate decathlon competitor, former Power lifter, who is in the administration section of the Michigan Power lifting Hall of Fame, who was featured in Power lifting USA and on the cover of Power lifting Canada magazines, Coach of the Year in 3 different sports with State and National titles, then survive not one but two open heart surgeries? David A. Burke will tell you how he survives with positive attitude, supportive friends and family, and pure determination. You will learn how the author and you can take a lemon and make lemonade, and enjoy it with some lemon meringue pie. I first learned I had heart trouble at the age of 15. I had my first 5 way bypass at 36, and 2nd at age 49. My third one should be about 2014, and I will win again. Staying in shape and working out consistently will provide you with a better chance for survival and recovery. Author: Burke, David A. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 130 Publication Date: 2008/10/15 Language: English Dimensions: 6.14 x 9.21 x 0.27 inches |
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Back to Life after a Heart Crisis: A Doctor and His Wife Share Their 8-Step Cardiac Comeback Plan $12.99 A Wall Street Journal Top Pick of 2010A well-known and internationally recognized surgical oncologist, Dr. Marc Wallack kept fit by training as an avid marathoner. He was the rock of his family, at the top of his career, and an expert on health who practiced what he preached-until he suffered angina symptoms while on a run in Central Park. Two days later, after discovering his arteries were 95 percent blocked, he underwent quadruple bypass surgery and later found himself unprepared for the emotional fallout of his recovery.In Back to Life After a Heart Crisis, Dr. Wallack and his wife, journalist Jamie Colby, offer their moving personal story along with a one-of-a-kind, prescriptive guide for reclaiming your life after confronting the issues of mortality and vulnerability raised by a traumatic heart event-whether it be a heart attack or a surgical procedure. Brimming with inspiration and encouragement, this unique book shows readers how to regain emotional strength in tandem with healing physically by working through eight important milestones:*Conquer the night*Get outside*Survive doctors’ appointments*Face physical and emotional pain*Make love to your partner again*Face your dinner plate*Confront career issues*Take on a huge physical challengeWith sidebars and tops for caregivers, Back to Life After a Heart Crisis helps patients and their loved ones heal hearts and minds and feel vibrant and full of life again. |
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Back to Life after a Heart Crisis: A Doctor and His Wife Share Their 8-Step Cardiac Comeback Plan $16 A Wall Street Journal Top Pick of 2010A well-known and internationally recognized surgical oncologist, Dr. Marc Wallack kept fit by training as an avid marathoner. He was the rock of his family, at the top of his career, and an expert on health who practiced what he preached-until he suffered angina symptoms while on a run in Central Park. Two days later, after discovering his arteries were 95 percent blocked, he underwent quadruple bypass surgery and later found himself unprepared for the emotional fallout of his recovery.In Back to Life After a Heart Crisis, Dr. Wallack and his wife, journalist Jamie Colby, offer their moving personal story along with a one-of-a-kind, prescriptive guide for reclaiming your life after confronting the issues of mortality and vulnerability raised by a traumatic heart event-whether it be a heart attack or a surgical procedure. Brimming with inspiration and encouragement, this unique book shows readers how to regain emotional strength in tandem with healing physically by working through eight important milestones:*Conquer the night*Get outside*Survive doctors’ appointments*Face physical and emotional pain*Make love to your partner again*Face your dinner plate*Confront career issues*Take on a huge physical challengeWith sidebars and tops for caregivers, Back to Life After a Heart Crisis helps patients and their loved ones heal hearts and minds and feel vibrant and full of life again. |
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Cardiac Surgery: Cardiothoracic Surgery, Redmond Burke, Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Adrian Kantrowitz $72.95 New – Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Cardiothoracic Surgery, Redmond Burke, Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Adrian Kantrowitz, Mitral Valvuloplasty, Postperfusion Syndrome, Robot-Assisted Heart Surgery, Endoscopic Vessel Harvesting, Carto, Fontan Procedure, Aortic Valve Replacement, Alcohol Septal Ablation, Cardioplegia, Ana |
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Cardiac Surgery: Cardiothoracic Surgery, Redmond Burke, Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Adrian Kantrowitz $50.59 New – Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Cardiothoracic Surgery, Redmond Burke, Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Adrian Kantrowitz, Mitral Valvuloplasty, Postperfusion Syndrome, Robot-Assisted Heart Surgery, Endoscopic Vessel Harvesting, Carto, Fontan Procedure, Aortic Valve Replacement, Alcohol Septal Ablation, Cardioplegia, Ana |
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Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery $50.77 Coronary artery bypass surgery, also coronary artery bypass graft surgery, and colloquially heart bypass or bypass surgery is a surgical procedure performed to relieve angina and reduce the risk of death from coronary artery disease. Arteries or veins from elsewhere in the patient”s body are grafted to the coronary arteries to bypass atherosclerotic narrowings and improve the blood supply to the coronary circulation supplying the myocardium. This surgery is usually performed with the heart stopped, necessitating the usage of cardiopulmonary bypass; techniques are available to perform CABG on a beating heart, so-called off-pump surgery. |
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Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery $38.59 New – Coronary artery bypass surgery, also coronary artery bypass graft surgery, and colloquially heart bypass or bypass surgery is a surgical procedure performed to relieve angina and reduce the risk of death from coronary artery disease. Arteries or veins from elsewhere in the patient’s body are grafted to the coronary arteries to bypass atherosclerotic narrowings and improve the blood supply to the coronary circulation supplying the myocardium. This surgery is usually performed with the heart |
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Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery $41.31 Used – Coronary artery bypass surgery, also coronary artery bypass graft surgery, and colloquially heart bypass or bypass surgery is a surgical procedure performed to relieve angina and reduce the risk of death from coronary artery disease. Arteries or veins from elsewhere in the patient’s body are grafted to the coronary arteries to bypass atherosclerotic narrowings and improve the blood supply to the coronary circulation supplying the myocardium. This surgery is usually performed with the hear |
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Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery $51.6 New – Coronary artery bypass surgery, also coronary artery bypass graft surgery, and colloquially heart bypass or bypass surgery is a surgical procedure performed to relieve angina and reduce the risk of death from coronary artery disease. Arteries or veins from elsewhere in the patient’s body are grafted to the coronary arteries to bypass atherosclerotic narrowings and improve the blood supply to the coronary circulation supplying the myocardium. This surgery is usually performed with the heart |
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Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery $51.6 Used – Coronary artery bypass surgery, also coronary artery bypass graft surgery, and colloquially heart bypass or bypass surgery is a surgical procedure performed to relieve angina and reduce the risk of death from coronary artery disease. Arteries or veins from elsewhere in the patient’s body are grafted to the coronary arteries to bypass atherosclerotic narrowings and improve the blood supply to the coronary circulation supplying the myocardium. This surgery is usually performed with the hear |
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Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery $28.22 Used – Coronary artery bypass surgery, also coronary artery bypass graft surgery, and colloquially heart bypass or bypass surgery is a surgical procedure performed to relieve angina and reduce the risk of death from coronary artery disease. Arteries or veins from elsewhere in the patient’s body are grafted to the coronary arteries to bypass atherosclerotic narrowings and improve the blood supply to the coronary circulation supplying the myocardium. This surgery is usually performed with the hear |
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Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery $31.57 Used – Coronary artery bypass surgery, also coronary artery bypass graft surgery, and colloquially heart bypass or bypass surgery is a surgical procedure performed to relieve angina and reduce the risk of death from coronary artery disease. Arteries or veins from elsewhere in the patient’s body are grafted to the coronary arteries to bypass atherosclerotic narrowings and improve the blood supply to the coronary circulation supplying the myocardium. This surgery is usually performed with the hear |
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Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery $42.58 Used – Coronary artery bypass surgery, also coronary artery bypass graft surgery, and colloquially heart bypass or bypass surgery is a surgical procedure performed to relieve angina and reduce the risk of death from coronary artery disease. Arteries or veins from elsewhere in the patient’s body are grafted to the coronary arteries to bypass atherosclerotic narrowings and improve the blood supply to the coronary circulation supplying the myocardium. This surgery is usually performed with the hear |
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Coronary Artery Bypasses $96.63 New – Coronary bypass surgery is a procedure to allow blood to flow to the heart muscle despite blocked arteries. Coronary bypass surgery uses a healthy blood vessel taken from your leg, arm, chest or abdomen and connects it to the other arteries in the heart so that blood is bypassed around the diseased or blocked area. After a coronary bypass surgery, normal blood flow is restored. Coronary bypass surgery is just one option to treat heart disease. This book presents the latest research in this |
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Coronary Artery Bypasses $162.51 Used – Coronary bypass surgery is a procedure to allow blood to flow to the heart muscle despite blocked arteries. Coronary bypass surgery uses a healthy blood vessel taken from your leg, arm, chest or abdomen and connects it to the other arteries in the heart so that blood is bypassed around the diseased or blocked area. After a coronary bypass surgery, normal blood flow is restored. Coronary bypass surgery is just one option to treat heart disease. This book presents the latest research in thi |
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Coronary Artery Bypasses $94.7 Used – Coronary bypass surgery is a procedure to allow blood to flow to the heart muscle despite blocked arteries. Coronary bypass surgery uses a healthy blood vessel taken from your leg, arm, chest or abdomen and connects it to the other arteries in the heart so that blood is bypassed around the diseased or blocked area. After a coronary bypass surgery, normal blood flow is restored. Coronary bypass surgery is just one option to treat heart disease. This book presents the latest research in thi |
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Coronary Artery Bypasses $162.51 New – Coronary bypass surgery is a procedure to allow blood to flow to the heart muscle despite blocked arteries. Coronary bypass surgery uses a healthy blood vessel taken from your leg, arm, chest or abdomen and connects it to the other arteries in the heart so that blood is bypassed around the diseased or blocked area. After a coronary bypass surgery, normal blood flow is restored. Coronary bypass surgery is just one option to treat heart disease. This book presents the latest research in this |
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Coronary: A True Story of Medicine Gone Awry By Stephen Klaidman $11.99 <b>A chilling real-life medical thriller, <I>Coronary</i> chronicles the story of two highly respected heart doctors who violated the most sacred principle of their profession: First, do no harm.</b><P>In the summer of 2002, fifty-five-year-old John Corapi, a Catholic priest with a colorful background, visited Dr. Chae Hyun Moon, a celebrated cardiologist in Redding, California. Corapi had been suffering from exhaustion and shortness of breath, and although a physical examination and a conventional stress test revealed nothing abnormal, Moon insisted that the calcium level in Corapi’s coronary arteries called for a highly invasive diagnostic test: an angiogram. A chain-smoking Korean immigrant known for his gruff bedside manner, Moon performed the procedure briskly and immediately handed down a devastating diagnosis: “I’m sorry; there is nothing I can do for you. You need a triple bypass tomorrow morning.” He then abruptly left the room.<P>Several hours later, however, Moon inexplicably decided the surgery could wait until Corapi returned from a previously scheduled cross-country trip. Unnerved by the dire diagnosis and also by Moon’s inconsistent statements, Corapi sought other opinions. To his amazement, a second, third, and fourth doctor found that his heart was perfectly healthy. In fact, for a man his age, Corapi’s arteries were <I>remarkably free of disease.</i><P>Sensing a cause more disturbing than human error, Corapi took his story to the FBI. As local agent Mike Skeen soon discovered, Corapi was one of a number of people who had suspicions about Moon and Moon’s go-to cardiac surgeon, Dr. Fidel Realyvasquez, an equally respected member of the close-knit northern California community. Working at a hospital owned by Tenet Healthcare, Moon would make the diagnoses and Realyvasquez would perform the surgeries. Together, these leaders of the Redding medical establishment put hundreds of healthy people at risk, some of whom never recovered. Soon Skeen launched a |
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Coronary: A True Story of Medicine Gone Awry By Stephen Klaidman $15 <b>A chilling real-life medical thriller, <I>Coronary</i> chronicles the story of two highly respected heart doctors who violated the most sacred principle of their profession: First, do no harm.</b><P>In the summer of 2002, fifty-five-year-old John Corapi, a Catholic priest with a colorful background, visited Dr. Chae Hyun Moon, a celebrated cardiologist in Redding, California. Corapi had been suffering from exhaustion and shortness of breath, and although a physical examination and a conventional stress test revealed nothing abnormal, Moon insisted that the calcium level in Corapi’s coronary arteries called for a highly invasive diagnostic test: an angiogram. A chain-smoking Korean immigrant known for his gruff bedside manner, Moon performed the procedure briskly and immediately handed down a devastating diagnosis: “I’m sorry; there is nothing I can do for you. You need a triple bypass tomorrow morning.” He then abruptly left the room.<P>Several hours later, however, Moon inexplicably decided the surgery could wait until Corapi returned from a previously scheduled cross-country trip. Unnerved by the dire diagnosis and also by Moon’s inconsistent statements, Corapi sought other opinions. To his amazement, a second, third, and fourth doctor found that his heart was perfectly healthy. In fact, for a man his age, Corapi’s arteries were <I>remarkably free of disease.</i><P>Sensing a cause more disturbing than human error, Corapi took his story to the FBI. As local agent Mike Skeen soon discovered, Corapi was one of a number of people who had suspicions about Moon and Moon’s go-to cardiac surgeon, Dr. Fidel Realyvasquez, an equally respected member of the close-knit northern California community. Working at a hospital owned by Tenet Healthcare, Moon would make the diagnoses and Realyvasquez would perform the surgeries. Together, these leaders of the Redding medical establishment put hundreds of healthy people at risk, some of whom never recovered. Soon Skeen launched a |
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Heal Your Heart with EECP $4.86 If you suffer from or are at risk for heart disease, surgery and invasive procedures are not your only options. There is a noninvasive, safe, and painless treatment that is clinically proven to be more successful in reversing the effects of the disease, improving blood circulation, and strengthening the cardiovascular system, all for a fraction of the medical costs. This groundbreaking procedure is called enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP), and it has been the best-kept secret in medicine-until now.Doctors have discovered that invasive procedures that treat specific artery blockages offer only a short-term fix for the underlying problem: poor blood flow. Using blood pressure cuffs to help push blood through the body, EECP promotes the development of new blood vessels to naturally bypass coronary blockages, restoring the flow of healthy, oxygenated blood to the heart. As a result, EECP reduces or eliminates symptoms such as chest pain, fatigue, and shortness of breath; increases energy and stamina; and returns heart patients to activities they thought they had given up forever. In HEAL YOUR HEART WITH EECP, Dr. Debra Braverman dispenses critical information about this revolutionary treatment.EECP patients are less likely than bypass, angioplasty, and stent patients to have a heart attack or require hospital stays.EECP is the ideal weapon in the fight against heart disease for patients battling obesity, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes, and more.EECP brings none of the risks of surgery or invasive procedures and is provided in an outpatient setting.EECP is approved by the FDA and Medicare and covered by most private insurers, and it is appropriate for nearly all heart disease sufferers, regardless of age, size, or other medical conditions. |
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Heart Frauds $6 If your doctor recommends getting an angiogram, coronary bypass surgery, balloon angioplasty, or taking cholesterol-lowering drugs your best course of action may be to run out the door. For most people these procedures/treatments are not effective and are completely unnecessary. The most popular medical producures are the most profitable for the health care industry but are often the least effective. Hundreds of thousands of people each year are deceived in undergoing expensive medical treatments that will do no good and may even do a great deal of harm. Alternative procedures which are highly effective, low-risk, and inexpensive are often ignored or even ridiculed. Recommending expensive, high-risk procedures over the cheaper, more effective ones amounts to nothing more than fraud. If you had the choice of going through a risky $20,000 surgical procedure or simply taking a daily vitamin supplement which would you choose? Most patients aren’t given the choice. This book teaches readers how to make informed decisions regarding their health. |
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Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery $229 PREFACE Over the last decade, bariatric surgeons have witnessed more dramatic advances in the field of bariatric surgery than in the previous 50 years of this relatively young discipline. These changes have certainly been fueled by the great obesity epidemic beginning in the 1970’s which created the demand for effective treatment of severe obesity and its co-morbidities. The gradual development and standardization of safer, more effective, and durable operations such as Roux-en Y gastric bypass (RYGB), biliopancreatic diversion, duodenal switch, and adjustable gastric banding account for the first wave of advances over the last decade. More recently, the advent of minimally invasive surgery in the mid 1990’s accounts for the second wave of major advances.Fifteen years ago, fewer than 15,000 bariatric procedures (mostly vertical banded gastroplasty) were performed each year in the U.S. and all were performed with a laparotomy requiring nearly a week of hospitalization and 6 weeks of convalescence. Mortality rates exceeding 2 percent and major morbidity exceeding 25% was the norm. It later became apparent that the laparotomy itself accounted for much of the morbidity of bariatric surgery contributing to major impairment in postoperative cardiopulmonary function leading to atelectasis, pneumonia, respiratory failure, heart failure, and lengthy stays in the intensive care unit for a significant subset of patients. Furthermore, wound complications including infections, seromas, hernias and dehisences were the norm rather than the exception. Hernias were so common (20-25%) that they were often considered the second stage of a bariatric procedure.Today, over 200,000 bariatric procedures are performed each year in the U.S. and nearly twice that figure worldwide. Nearly all gastric banding procedures, an estimated 75% of RYGB procedures, and even some BPD procedures are performed laparoscopically indicating that the laparoscopic approach has been widely |
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Night Moves $3.99 A fast-paced medical thriller intersecting espionage, heart research, and governmental corruption. Dr. Brandon Cowley finds himself immersed in a conspiracy to defraud the federal government of billions of dollars in a research protocol designed to put the majority of vascular surgeons out of business. The Heart Assisted Device (HAD) is designed to obviate the need for more expensive and traditional cardiac bypass surgery, but positive research results must support the government’s claim that the HAD is superior to the more expensive CABG surgeries. Brandon uncovers a plot to murder his patients to report favorable results and thus make the FDA’s case for the new procedure. The FBI is called in to investigate the unexplained deaths that eventually leads to a syndicate boss in California. A parallel plot involves Mexico’s intent to steal American biotechnology to create a financial empire for Louis Luchini, an international crime boss, by corrupting the American medical community and the FDA. The reader moves quickly from the nation’s capitol to San Diego, Austin, and La Paz, the capital of Baja California Sur. Night Moves throws the reader into the worlds of medical research, governmental bureaucracy and conspiracy, and the sordid underground world of organized crime. |
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Off- Pump Cardiac Artery Bypass Surgery $123.19 Used – The recent revival of a coronary artery bypass technique without extracorporeal assistance is a revolution in cardiovascular procedures that has occasioned much controversy. Cartier (cardiac surgery, Montreal Heart Institute) has collected these papers to optimize the technique, test its limits and to find its place in the evolution of surgery. He introduces the papers with a history of the procedure. The contributors then address the benefits, principles of stabilization and hemodynamics |
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Off- Pump Cardiac Artery Bypass Surgery $111.53 Used – The recent revival of a coronary artery bypass technique without extracorporeal assistance is a revolution in cardiovascular procedures that has occasioned much controversy. Cartier (cardiac surgery, Montreal Heart Institute) has collected these papers to optimize the technique, test its limits and to find its place in the evolution of surgery. He introduces the papers with a history of the procedure. The contributors then address the benefits, principles of stabilization and hemodynamics |
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Off- Pump Cardiac Artery Bypass Surgery $81.43 Used – The recent revival of a coronary artery bypass technique without extracorporeal assistance is a revolution in cardiovascular procedures that has occasioned much controversy. Cartier (cardiac surgery, Montreal Heart Institute) has collected these papers to optimize the technique, test its limits and to find its place in the evolution of surgery. He introduces the papers with a history of the procedure. The contributors then address the benefits, principles of stabilization and hemodynamics |
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Off- Pump Cardiac Artery Bypass Surgery $115.92 Used – The recent revival of a coronary artery bypass technique without extracorporeal assistance is a revolution in cardiovascular procedures that has occasioned much controversy. Cartier (cardiac surgery, Montreal Heart Institute) has collected these papers to optimize the technique, test its limits and to find its place in the evolution of surgery. He introduces the papers with a history of the procedure. The contributors then address the benefits, principles of stabilization and hemodynamics |
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Off- Pump Cardiac Artery Bypass Surgery $82.09 Used – The recent revival of a coronary artery bypass technique without extracorporeal assistance is a revolution in cardiovascular procedures that has occasioned much controversy. Cartier (cardiac surgery, Montreal Heart Institute) has collected these papers to optimize the technique, test its limits and to find its place in the evolution of surgery. He introduces the papers with a history of the procedure. The contributors then address the benefits, principles of stabilization and hemodynamics |
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Off- Pump Cardiac Artery Bypass Surgery $76.9 Used – The recent revival of a coronary artery bypass technique without extracorporeal assistance is a revolution in cardiovascular procedures that has occasioned much controversy. Cartier (cardiac surgery, Montreal Heart Institute) has collected these papers to optimize the technique, test its limits and to find its place in the evolution of surgery. He introduces the papers with a history of the procedure. The contributors then address the benefits, principles of stabilization and hemodynamics |
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Off- Pump Cardiac Artery Bypass Surgery $139.09 Used – The recent revival of a coronary artery bypass technique without extracorporeal assistance is a revolution in cardiovascular procedures that has occasioned much controversy. Cartier (cardiac surgery, Montreal Heart Institute) has collected these papers to optimize the technique, test its limits and to find its place in the evolution of surgery. He introduces the papers with a history of the procedure. The contributors then address the benefits, principles of stabilization and hemodynamics |
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Off- Pump Cardiac Artery Bypass Surgery $213.95 Used – The recent revival of a coronary artery bypass technique without extracorporeal assistance is a revolution in cardiovascular procedures that has occasioned much controversy. Cartier (cardiac surgery, Montreal Heart Institute) has collected these papers to optimize the technique, test its limits and to find its place in the evolution of surgery. He introduces the papers with a history of the procedure. The contributors then address the benefits, principles of stabilization and hemodynamics |