Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine
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Nature Reviews Cardiology is a peer-reviewed journal for cardiologists. Before April 2009, it was titled Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine. The editor-in-chief is Valentin Fuster
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Coverage includes:
Valentin Fuster
Valentí Fuster is a Spaniard cardiologist – the only cardiologist to receive all four major research awards from the world's four major cardiovascular organizations....
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Coverage includes:
- acute coronary syndromes
- arrhythmias
- angina/coronary artery disease
- cardiomyopathyCardiomyopathyCardiomyopathy, which literally means "heart muscle disease," is the deterioration of the function of the myocardium for any reason. People with cardiomyopathy are often at risk of arrhythmia or sudden cardiac death or both. Cardiomyopathy can often go undetected, making it especially dangerous to...
/heart failure - concomitant disease
- congenital conditions
- hypertensionHypertensionHypertension or high blood pressure is a cardiac chronic medical condition in which the systemic arterial blood pressure is elevated. What that means is that the heart is having to work harder than it should to pump the blood around the body. Blood pressure involves two measurements, systolic and...
- imaging
- infection
- interventional cardiology
- pathologyPathologyPathology is the precise study and diagnosis of disease. The word pathology is from Ancient Greek , pathos, "feeling, suffering"; and , -logia, "the study of". Pathologization, to pathologize, refers to the process of defining a condition or behavior as pathological, e.g. pathological gambling....
- stroke surgery/transplant
- thrombosisThrombosisThrombosis is the formation of a blood clot inside a blood vessel, obstructing the flow of blood through the circulatory system. When a blood vessel is injured, the body uses platelets and fibrin to form a blood clot to prevent blood loss...
- valvular disease
- vascular disease
- general therapies
- disease markers
- genetics and public healthPublic healthPublic health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals" . It is concerned with threats to health based on population health...
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