10.1055/b-0035-121501 6 Nuclear Medicine in Pediatric Cardiology 6.1 Basics In nuclear medical examinations, radionuclides are introduced into human metabolism. Radionuclides are nucleotides that emit radioactive energy and undergo spontaneous transformation…
10.1055/b-0035-121500 5 Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Computed Tomography 5.1 Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging 5.1.1 Basics Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a modern, noninvasive technique for obtaining cross-sectional images that…
Kidney Disease, Proteinuria: Implications for Cardiovascular Risk Hillel Sternlicht, MD George L. Bakris, MD Introduction Albumin is a protein produced by the liver with a half-life of 28 days and…
Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors, Coronary Heart Disease, Congestive Heart Failure, and Metabolic Cardiology Stephen T. Sinatra, MD, FACC, FACN, CNS Mark C. Houston, MD, MS, MSc, FACP, FAHA, FASH,…
Environmental Toxins and Cardiovascular Disease Joseph Pizzorno, ND Introduction The incidence of virtually every chronic disease in almost every age group has increased relentlessly the past half century. A growing…
Grounding and the Cardiovascular System Steve Sinatra, MD In 1977, I became a board-certified cardiologist. After writing dozens of peer review articles, books, and chapters in medical text books over…
Periodontal Disease, Inflammation, and Cardiovascular Disease Douglas Thompson, DDS, FAAMM, ABAAHP Gregori M. Kurtzman, DDS, MAGD, FPFA, FACD, FADI, DICOI, DADIA, DIDIA Introduction Periodontal disease is one of the most…
Cerebrovascular Disease, Vascular Dementia, Carotid Artery Disease, and CVA: Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment Alfred S. Callahan III, MD Cerebrovascular disease or stroke can be separated into ischemic or hemorrhagic with…
The Role of Botanicals in Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease Tieraona Low Dog, MD The role of botanicals, or herbal medicines, in the management of cardiovascular disease has been a long…
Cross Talk Signaling and Networking—Improving Outcomes in the Cardiometabolic Patient Andrew Heyman, MD, MHSA James B. LaValle, RPh, DHM, MS, CCN, ND (trad) Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause…
