Matthew J. Budoff and Jerold S. Shinbane Editors 2006 Diagnosis of Cardiovascular Disease Since its introduction in the early 1970s, computed tomography (CT) has become a robust modality to evaluate extracranial, thoracic, and abdominal vascular distributions. It has become a gold standard to non-invasively image the aorta, pulmonary arteries, great vessels, renal and peripheral arteries. However, cardiac anatomy […]
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Edited by Antonio Raviele 2006 The year 1988 marked the beginning of the International Workshop on Cardiac Arrhythmias. This biannual series of meetings was initiated with the following goals: (1) to present technological advances in the field of cardiac arrhythmias, (2) to publicise the results of current research, and (3) to assess the impact of new diagnostic and therapeutic […]
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Martine J. Piccart – William C. Wood Chie-Mien Hung – Lawrence J. Solin Fatima Cardoso (Eds.) 2006 Why should you buy another book on breast cancer? Don’t you already have enough breast cancer books on your shelf? As editors, we have attempted to create a different kind of breast cancer book. Although the typical breast cancer book is […]
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Giulio Aniello Santoro • Giuseppe Di Falco 2006 Diagnosis with Endoanal and Endorectal Ultrasound and New Treatment Options Benign anorectal and perineal diseases occur very frequently and should be considered a social problem, constituting an important economic burden to health care resources. Fecal incontinence has a major impact on quality of life. The true prevalence of this devastating condition is […]
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Ismail Jatoi Manfred Kaufmann Jean Y. Petit 2006 In recent years, there have been several important developments in the surgical management of breast diseases. We have witnessed the emergence of new techniques for tumor resection, reconstructive surgery, lymph node assessment, and cosmetic surgery, to name a few.
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M. R. Pinsky · L. Brochard · J. Mancebo 2006
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EDITORS FREDERICK L. GREENE CAROLYN C. COMPTON APRIL G. FRITZ JATIN P. SHAH DAVID P. WINCHESTER 2006 This first edition of the AJCC Cancer Staging Atlas has been created as a compendium to the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual and Handbook which have now been developed through six editions and which continue to promulgate the importance of anatomical and […]
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Jovitas Skucas 2006 This book is an attempt to bridge the interface between referring clinicians and radiologists when faced with a patient suspected of having a complex or unusual abdominal condition. The emphasis is on the choice of imaging procedures, expected diagnostic yield, a discussion of pertinent imaging findings, and the possible differential diagnosis.
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Editors C. D. Liapis, K. Balzer, F. Benedetti-Valentini, J. Fernandes e Fernandes 2007 Vascular surgery has evolved and expanded in a spectacular fashion during the last 50 years. During this time previously untreatable conditions have become treatable and dealt with on a regular basis by vascular surgeons. Many of the pioneers of vascular surgery were from Europe, starting […]
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Mark G. Cowling (Ed.) 2007 Angioplasty, Stenting, Thrombolysis and Thrombectomy Vascular Interventional Radiology, or endovascular therapy as it is becoming increasingly known, continues to develop rapidly. As our patients survive longer because of advances in treatment in other areas, such as coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease is becoming an increasingly common problem. In addition, those requiring treatment are increasingly […]
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