Hormones and the cardiologist

A cardiologist in the carotids.

Carotid endarterectomy for stroke prevention has been the standard of care for 50 years in patients with extra-cranial carotid bifurcation disease. Over the past decade, carotid stenting has emerged as a viable alternative to surgery. Combined with filter embolic protection devices, both a randomized control trial (Stenting and Angioplasty with Protection in Patients at High Risk for Endarterec...

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Recreational drug misuse: issues for the cardiologist.

Alcohol and tobacco are the two legally available recreational drugs that are commonly misused in the United Kingdom, and their adverse eVects on cardiovascular function have been extensively documented. In addition, many illegal recreational drugs are freely available, and their use has reached epidemic proportions in British society. Almost one in four people have used illegal drugs at some t...

Working as a cardiologist in the USA.

There are several different reasons for cardiologists in training to spend a period of time in the United States of America in the context of work. This may be temporary in the case of a short sabbatical or travelling fellowship, where the recipient may travel to a centre with an particular area of expertise to study and learn a new or novel technique over a period of a few weeks. The period ma...

the relationship between learners critical thinking ability and their performance in the reading sections of the tofel and ielts test

the study reflected in this thesis aims at finding out relationships between critical thinking (ct), and the reading sections of tofel and ielts tests. the study tries to find any relationships between the ct ability of students and their performance on reading tests of tofel and academic ielts. however, no research has ever been conducted to investigate the relationship between ct and the read...