Edited by Joung H. Lee 2009 Diagnosis, Treatment and Outcome In planning this book, I had three major goals. The first was to compile and disseminate all the advances and new information relating to meningiomas which became available in the last 15-20 years. In this time frame, there has been a significant increase in our understanding in […]
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Melvin A. Shiff man (Editor) 2009 Beautifying the breast with mastopexy, and/or breast reduction are some of the goals of the aesthetic surgeon to bring a better quality of life to the female (and sometimes the male) patient. Women desire to be more attractive by having breasts that meet their own expectations. What makes the aspects of the […]
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Jean-Nicolas Vauthey Paulo M. G. Hoff Riccardo A. Audisio Graeme J. Poston Editors 2009 The concept for Liver Metastases arose from the need for an authoritative treaty in this important subject. Contrasting with the usual paradigm, in which the treatment of liver metastases is just a chapter in a broader surgical or medical […]
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Elma D. Baron Editor 2009 The science and practice of photodermatology has been largely based on knowledge derived from white skin. Therapeutic modalities based on lasers and light sources are often based on protocols that have been utilized in Caucasian populations. The biologic effects of light in pigmented skin are not as well understood. Consequently, we are just beginning […]
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Corrado Tamburino 2009 When I decided to rise to the challenge of writing a manual on the percutaneous treatment of the left main coronary artery (LMCA), I tried to stand in the shoes of my readers, namely interventional cardiologists who wish to treat these types of lesion, but who refrain from doing so owing to a lack of […]
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Antonino Gullo • José Besso • Philip D. Lumb Ged F. Williams (Eds.) 2009 The World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine (WFSICCM) has reached the age of maturity. Physicians, nurses, and many others associated with the field of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine will be coming from all corners of the world to Florence, […]
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S. Hähnel (Ed.) 2009 Inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system (CNS) are playing an increasingly important role in the clinical practice of neuroradiology: Infections of the CNS frequently involve immunocompromised patients and are being accompanied increasingly more with the employment of innovative and aggressive immunosuppressive and immunomodulatory therapies. Noninfectious inflammation, such as multiple sclerosis, accounts for about 10% […]
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R. Mattassi • D.A. Loose • M. Vaghi (Eds.) 2009 When a curious tourist travels through an unknown country following a guidebook, at the end of his trip he may have a number of different feelings. If the land he visited was interesting and the guidebook brought him to the remarkable places and clearly explained the meaning of […]
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Edited by Andrew Wang Thomas M. Bashore 2009 Prior to the invention of the stethoscope by Laennec in 1816, valvular heart disease was predominantly diagnosed by post-mortem examination. With advancements in our diagnostic tools, such as cardiac catheterization and non-invasive imaging, the diagnosis and assessment of valvular heart disease has improved to the point where the cause, severity, […]
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Michael Y. Henein Editor 2009 Over the last three decades, major advances in the management of diseases of the valves have been seen. While cardiac catheterization was in the 1970s, the only means for confirming the diagnosis, Doppler echocardiography has become the corner stone for accurate assessment of valve disease, even in fetuses.
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