Hardcover, 224 pages
261 x 194 mm page size
400 colour and b/w illustrations
ISBN: 978-1-84076-079-8
Price £50.00
Publication: March 2009
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Angela Hoye, MB, ChB, MRCP
Erasmus Medical Center, The Netherlands.
Patrick Serruys, MD, PhD, FESC, FACC
Professor of Interventional Cardiology, Erasmus University,
Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
This concise and clinically oriented text provides an indispensable
straightforward guide to the assessment and classification of coronary
lesions, percutaneous therapy of coronary disease and non-coronary
intervention. It contains illustrations showing all aspects of adult
interventional cardiology and will be useful for cardiologists in
practice and training.
Contents: Section A: Introductory section/anatomical considerations,
1. Introduction: historical perspective, 2. General anatomy of the
arterial system, 3. Coronary anatomy, 4. Left ventriculography,
5. Equipment. Section B: The Disease, 6. Atherosclerotic plaque,
7. Clinical presentation. Section C: Assessment and Classification
of coronary lesions, 8. Non-invasive, 9. Invasive assessment, 10.
Assessment of vulnerability. Section D: Percutaneous therapy of
coronary disease, 11. Treatment, 12. Therapy of specific lesions,
13. PCI for acute myocardial infarction, 14. Acute complications,
15. Chronic problems, 16. Adjunctive and support devices. Section
E: Non-coronary intervention, 17. Problems of the left ventricle,
18. Percutaneous therapy for valve disease, 19. Percutaneous treatment
of congenital heart disease, 20. Intervention of to prevent stroke.
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