Heart Disease in the Tropics
| By: | H. O. Gunewardene |
| Publisher: | Elsevier S & T |
| Print ISBN: | 9781483167633 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781483195117 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Copyright: | 1935 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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Heart Disease in the Tropics indicates features in cardio-vascular diseases induced by tropical conditions and by diseases peculiar to the tropics. The book provides chapters that discuss the incidence of heart disease in the tropics; the cardio-vascular phenomena in tropical conditions; the cardiac complications of ankylostoma infection, rheumatic heart disease, diabetes, diphtheria, syphilis, and high blood pressure; and signs and symptoms of cardio-vascular diseases and therapeutic considerations. Cardiologists, physicians, and medical researchers will find the text insightful.