Current Best Practice in Interventional Cardiology
Published on 18. February 2010
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Other digital
232 pages
978-1-4443-1444-1 (ISBN)
Description
Current Best Practice in Interventional Cardiology addresses the questions which challenge clinicians involved with interventional procedures. Helpfully organized into four sections, the text addresses; coronary artery disease, non-coronary interventions, left ventricular failure and the latest advances in imaging technologies, and provides authoritative guidance on the current recommendations for best practice. Containing contributions from an international team of opinion leaders, this new book reviews the key advances in equipment, techniques and therapeutics and is an accessible reference for all hospital-based specialists.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chicester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 195 mm
Width: 255 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
674 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4443-1444-1 (9781444314441)
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Bernhard Meier
Current Best Practice in Interventional Cardiology
E-Book
09/2011
Wiley-Blackwell
€134.99
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Bernhard Meier
Current Best Practice in Interventional Cardiology
E-Book
10/2009
Wiley-Blackwell
€134.99
Available for download
Person
Bernhard Meier, MD, FACC, FESC Professor and Chairman Department of Cardiology University Hospital 3010 Bern Switzerland
Content
Part I Coronary artery disease. * Acute coronary syndrome - Marco Roffi, Zurich, Switzerland, Pierre-Frederic Keller, Geneva, Switzerland . * Modern coronary stenting - Stephane Cook/Stephan Windecker, Otto Hess, Bern, Switzerland . - DES. - Passive modern stents. - Late thrombosis. - Stenting of nonsignificant lesions (plaque sealing). - Comparison with medical treatment or bypass surgery. - Bioactive stents. * Chronic total occlusion - Yaron Almagor, Jerusalem, Israel . * Nonrevascularization therapy - Jean-Paul Schmid, Bern, Switzerland . - Shock wave therapy. - Spinal stimulation. - Coronary sinus restriction. . Part II Noncoronary interventions. * Percutaneous valve replacement or repair - Helene Eltchaninoff, Rouen, France . * PFO closure - Bernhard Meier, Bern Switzerland . * ASD and VSD closure - tentatively: David Hildick Smith, London, UK . * Carotid angioplasty - Sri Iyer, New York, USA . * Alcohol ablation of hyperthrophic cardiomyopathy - Otto Hess, Bern, Switzerland . . Part III Treatment of left ventricular failure. * Biventricular pacing - Etienne Delacretaz, Bern Switzerland . * Percutaneous left ventricular assist devices - Pim de Feyter, Rotterdam, NL . * Stem cell therapy - Andreas Zeiher, Frankfurt, Germany . * Drug therapy in conjunction with interventions - Roger Hullin, Bern, Switzerland . . Part IV Cardiovascular imaging. * Computed tomography (CT) for screening and follow-up - Stephan Achenbach, Erlangen, Germany . * Magnetic resonance (MR) for functional testing and interventional guidance - Andreas Wahl, Bern, Switzerland . * Optical coherence tomography (OCT) - Jean-Francois Surmely, Aarau, Switzerland . * Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) - Peter J. Fitzgerald, Stanford, CA, USA