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This award-winning text has been completely updated, providing excellent multimedia reference for every aspect of this rapidly changing field, including new material on almost every topic in cardiology.Dr. Braunwald's unique update program creates a "live tutorial" featuring weekly breaking news from the press, periodic late-stage clinical trials (including links to author presentation slides), and monthly targeted reviews.More than a dozen new chapters are devoted to chronic lung diseases and cardiovascular diseases; Transcatheter treatment of congenital heart defects; approach to the patient with valvular heart disease; obesity and cardiometabolic diseases; environmental effects and CVD; approach to the patient with cardiac arrhythmias;...

Jerusalem artichoke is still a rare plant in Russian vegetable gardens. Many vegetable growers are not in a hurry to plant it, giving their preference to potatoes. But this attitude to this vegetable is undeserved, because it is very useful and even shows medicinal qualities. Learn about such a wonderful plant as jerusalem artichoke, its benefits and harms to the body, as well as its medicinal properties.     What does jerusalem artichoke look like and where does it grow     Although jerusalem artichoke is a tuberous plant, it belongs to the Sunflower genus and the Asteraceae family. This herbaceous plant,...

Pumpkin is a genus of herbaceous plants in the Pumpkin family.   The word "pumpkin" in Russia usually refers to the type of Pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo), widely distributed and cultivated as a food and feed plant. The vegetable is eaten with pleasure, used for the prevention and treatment of many diseases.   What is a pumpkin?   Pumpkin is either a vegetable or a berry, depending on the classification (in the culinary and household classification, it is a vegetable, in botany it is referred to as berries). There are 2 versions of the origin of the name "pumpkin". Based on...

A perennial herbaceous plant, similar to dill, but with a bright aniseed smell, is called fennel. It is widespread in nature, and every July the meadows are filled with characteristic yellow umbrellas. The plant has been used since ancient times as a medicinal plant, the first medical works about it were written by Dioxorides and Avicenna. Later, the culinary potential of fennel was discovered, it goes into pickles, marinades, and is used as a seasoning for fish and meat.   What is fennel and what does it look like   Fennel is a bright representative of the Celery family (Apiaceae),...

Horseradish belongs to garden crops, it grows everywhere except in the Arctic regions. Despite the fact that it was first added to food by the Greeks and Romans, it is considered an exclusively Russian seasoning. It was the Slavs who created many recipes based on it and discovered many useful properties.   Composition and caloric content   Horseradish is a plant that is unpretentious in cultivation. In one place, it can grow for a long time, has a developed root system. In its natural habitat, it grows along riverbanks and in places with high humidity. Horseradish is considered a powerful...