Containing summaries of inherited cardiovascular disorders with a focus on aetiology, presentation and management, this handbook covers the fundamentals ofmolecular biology and genetic testing, and the detailed clinical information relevant to patient management. INDICE: 1: Introduction; 2: General principles of medical genetics; 3: Genetic laboratory techniques; 4: Genetic counselling; 5: Genetic testing and genetic screening; 6: Congenital heart disease; 7: Cardiovascular manifestations in chromosomal disorders; 8: Cardiomyopathies; 9: Inherited arrhythmias and conduction disorders; 10: Inherited disorders of connective tissue; 11: Familialhypercholesterolaemia; 12: Coronary artery disease and myocardial infarction;13: Stroke; 14: Pulmonary arterial hypertension; 15: Hereditary Haemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT); 16: Cardiac manifestations in inherited skeletal muscle disease; 17: Mitochondrial disease; 18: Cardiovascular disorders and inheritedmetabolic disease; 19: The heart and inherited haematological disorders; 20: Therapeutic approaches in cardiovascular genetics
- ISBN: 978-0-19-955968-8
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Desconocida
- Páginas: 424
- Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés