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The Oblique View
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Description for The Oblique View
Paperback. How do common cardiac drugs get their name? What sort of music do surgeons choose to listen to as they delve amongst our innards? Why can going to cardiac conferences be so damned irritating and how close to reality are all those TV hospital dramas? This book features a collection of musings that touch on these and other aspects of cardiology. Editor(s): Norell, Michael S. Num Pages: 154 pages, b/w cartoons. BIC Classification: VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 10. Weight in Grams: 370.
The study of heart disease -- cardiology -- is an immensely satisfying branch of medicine. The heart is just so tangible; we can see it, touch it, hear it, and when all else fails, we can always manage to put a tube inside and take X-ray pictures of it. Because we try to make sense of a three-dimensional organ by taking two dimensional snapshots, we need a variety of angles to get the complete image, and so often use 'an oblique view'. Day to day life in a cardiac unit is the same; often mundane, sometimes dramatic, but always amenable ... Read more
The study of heart disease -- cardiology -- is an immensely satisfying branch of medicine. The heart is just so tangible; we can see it, touch it, hear it, and when all else fails, we can always manage to put a tube inside and take X-ray pictures of it. Because we try to make sense of a three-dimensional organ by taking two dimensional snapshots, we need a variety of angles to get the complete image, and so often use 'an oblique view'. Day to day life in a cardiac unit is the same; often mundane, sometimes dramatic, but always amenable ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
TFM Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
154
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Weight
369 g
Number of Pages
154
Place of Publication
Harley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781903378533
SKU
V9781903378533
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Ref
99-30
About .
Michael S Norell MD FRCP is Consultant Interventional Cardiologist and PCI Programme Director at the Heart & Lung Centre in Wolverhampton.
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