Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Protective Effects of Hyperbaric Oxygen and Iloprost on Ischemia/Reperfusion-Induced Injury
(Gokhan Ilhan, MD, Murat Aksun, MD, and Hakan Kara, MD, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University Faculty of Medicine, Mugla, Turkey, and others)
Chapter 2. Patent Ductus Arteriosus – A Review
(P. Syamasundar Rao, MD, Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, Emeritus Chief of Pediatric Cardiology
University of Texas-McGovern Medical School, Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, Texas, US)
Chapter 3. Practical Use of Acetazolamide for Heart Failure Patients According to the “Chloride Theory”: Literature Review and Case Vignettes
(Hajime Kataoka, Internal Medicine, Nishida Hospital, Oita, Japan)
Chapter 4. Timing of Symptomatic Infarct Swelling Following Intravenous Thrombolysis in Acute Middle Cerebral Artery Infarction: A Case Control Study
(Ting-Chun Lin, MD, Department of Neurology, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan)
Chapter 5. Serum Lipid Level and the Risk of Symptomatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage after Intravenous Thrombolysis for Acute Ischemic Stroke
(Ting-Chun Lin, MD, Department of Neurology, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan)
Chapter 6. Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography to Identify Coronary Characteristics of Patients with Ischemic Stroke: Comparison with Age- and Sex-Matched Patients without Stroke
(Kohichiro Iwasaki, MD, Department of Cardiology, Kurashiki Heisei Hospital, Kurashiki City, Japan)
Chapter 7. Prevalence of Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Patients with Low to Intermediate Risk and Subsequent Clinical Outcome
(Kohichiro Iwasaki, MD, Department of Cardiology, Kurashiki Heisei Hospital, Kurashiki City, Japan)
Chapter 8. Coronary Characteristics in Patients with Mild to Moderate Chronic Kidney Disease
(Kohichiro Iwasaki, MD, Department of Cardiology, Kurashiki Heisei Hospital, Kurashiki City, Japan)
Chapter 9. Ramadan Fasting and Cerebrovascular Diseases
(Saddek Khellaf, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Khelil Amrane University Hospital Center, Bejaia, Algeria, and others)
Index