Management of Complex Cardiovascular Problems

Thach N. Nguyen, MD, FACC, FACP, FSCAI Director of Cardiology, Community Health System, St Mary MedicalCenter, Hobart, IN, USA Dr Thach N. Nguyen, is director of cardiology at CommunityHealth System, St Mary Medical Center, Hobart IN. Since 1992, heactively participated in the organization of the Great WallInternational Congress of Cardiology, the largest cardiologyeducational meeting for China. His major publications includeManagement of Complex Cardiovascular Problems (second edition inEnglish, Spanish and Vietnamese 2002. Practical Handbook ofAdvanced Interventional Cardiology (2nd edition Blackwell, OxfordUK, 2003, 3rd edition: 2007 in press). He has academic appointmentat Indiana University School of Medicine, honorary professorship ofmedicine at the Capital University of Medical Sciences and theInstitute of Geriatric Cardiology of The Central People LiberationArmy Hospital 301, Beijing, China. He is editorial consultant forthe Journal of Interventional Cardiology, co-editor of the Journalof Geriatric Cardiology. Dayi Hu, MD Dean of TongJi University School of Medicine, Shanghai,China Dr Dayi Hu is Dean of the Medical School of Shanghai TongjiUniversity and Chief of Cardiology Department, People's Hospital ofPeking University Beijing, China. He is the founder of the Great Wall InternationalCongress of Cardiology, the largest cardiology educational meetingfor China. His major publications include many Chinese cardiologybooks for today practice of cardiology in China. He was co-editorofr the Maangement of Complex Cardiovascular Problems and PracticalHandbook of Advanced Interventional Cardiology (Blackwell, OxfordUK). He was president of the Chinese Society of Electrophysiologyand Pacing. He is currently president elect of the Chinese Societyof Cardiology. Moo-Hyun Kim, MD Director of Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories; and Vice Dean,Dong A University Medical School, Dong A University Medical Center,Busan, South Korea Cindy L. Grines, MD Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Interventional Cardiology; andDirector of Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, William BeaumontHospital, Royal Oak, MI, USA