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Advances in Atria1 Peptide Research (American Society of Hypertension Symposium Series Vol 2) Editors: Barry M. Brenner and John H. Laragh Raven Press, New York, 1988; 621 pp.; $175.00; ISBN o-88167-405-2

This derived from manuscripts of the Second World Congress of Biologically Active Atria1 Peptides

held in New York in 1987. It is an extremely well presented text. Its content is comprehensive,

cardiologists for rapid reference.

National Heart and Lung Institute London, U.K. Michael Burch

of Cardiac Physical Diagnosis” in 1987. This reduction in size is said to allow for convenience, portability and, of necessity, limits superfluous detail.

The book itself is divided into two sections, the first

of which constitutes a systematic approach to examina- tion of the cardiovascular

cardiovascular physiology is featured throughout and is correlated with the described physical signs of haemodynamic and structural abnormalities.

comprehensible form. Its repeated

reference to cardiovascular

Synopsis of Cardiac Physical Diagnosis Jonathan Abrams Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia/London, 1989; 253 pp.; $11.97; ISBN O-8121-1182-6

This short book is a revised and abbreviated derivative of the author’s previous work published as “Essentials