| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 194 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Front cover -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Section I: Overview of Forensic Medicine -- Chapter 1. Introduction and Philosophy -- Chapter 2. Death Certificates, Autopsies, and Medical Experts -- Section II: Cardiac Trauma -- Chapter 3. Myocardial Contusion and Blunt Cardiac Trauma -- Chapter 4. Consequences of Blunt Cardiac Trauma -- Section III: Vascular Abnormalities -- Chapter 5. Coronary Arterial Afflictions -- Chapter 6. Vascular Injury -- Chapter 7. Aortic Aneurysms and Aortic Dissection -- Chapter 8. Nontraumatic Vasculopathies -- Chapter 9. Coagulopathic Disorders -- Chapter 10. Mesenteric Ischemia -- Section IV: Specific Cardiopathic Disorders -- Chapter 11. Pericardial Problems -- Chapter 12. Valvular Heart Disease -- Chapter 13. Cardiac Tumors -- Chapter 14. Cardiomyopathic Disorders -- Section V: Toxic and Physical Influences -- Chapter 15. Cardiotoxicity -- Section VI: Technical, Epidemiologic, Social and Philosophical Influences -- Chapter 16. The Electrocardiogram -- Chapter 17. Stress -- Section VII: Illustrative Case Reports -- Chapter 17. Case Reports -- Appendix A: The RuDusky Classification- The World's First Complete Classification of Myocardial Contusion and Blunt Cardiac Trauma -- Appendix B: Potential Short-Term and Long-Term Cardiovascular Risks of Adjuvant Breast Cancer Systemic Therapy -- Appendix C: Recommended Reading -- References -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back cover |
| Summary |
Covers clinical aspects of the investigation of cardiac disease in a forensic context. This book emphasizes some of the most frequently encountered cardiovascular medical problems facing the medical examiner or forensic medical specialist |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-184) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Forensic cardiology.
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Medical jurisprudence.
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Cardiology.
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Cardiovascular system -- Physiology
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Forensic Medicine
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Cardiology
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Cardiovascular System -- pathology
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Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena
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forensic medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Forensic Medicine.
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Medical jurisprudence
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Cardiology
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Forensic cardiology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2008045228 |
| ISBN |
9781420094329 |
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1420094327 |
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9781420094312 |
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1420094319 |
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9781466536555 |
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1466536551 |
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