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Chapter 1Pathophysiology of Heart FailureHeart failure has been recognized as a clinical syndrome since the ancient Egyptian and early Greek civihzations. However, despite our long-standing abiUty to identify the signs and symptoms of heart failure, the definitions used to describe this syndrome...

IntroductionThe Second Edition of Contemporary Diagnosis and Management of Lipid Disorders contains several important changes from the previous edition, which was published in 1999. The principal change involves the inclusion of the new guidelines issued by the American Heart Association (AHA) and...

Chapter 1 Pathophysiology of Type 2 Diabetes A Quartet of Abnormalities Type 2 diabetes and the hyperglycemia and hyper-insulinemia that characterize it are estabUshed risk factors for cardiovascular disease.' Obesity, dyslipidemia, and hypertension are also risk factors for cardiovascular...

Introduction Bronchitis is the most frequent inflammatory disorder in the lung. Consequently, bronchitis has important im-plications for patients with underlying lung disease, par-ticularly smokers. The American Thoracic Society and the European Respiratory Society have established the...