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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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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Giorgio Iervasi • Alessandro Pingitore Editors 2009 From Pathophysiology to Clinics In many fields of biomedicine there has been a virtual explosion of new knowledge over the past few years. Among these, a primary position is occupied by the physiological and pathophysiological neurohormonal control of the cardiovascular system, in which the state of the thyroid has assumed a […]
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Edward D. Frohlich · Richard N. Re Editors 2009 With great pleasure we present our Third InternationalWorkshop on The Local Cardiac Renin–Angiotensin–Aldosterone System (RAAS), held at the Ochsner Clinic Foundation in November 2008. When this meeting was first organized in 2002, we were pleased that all who were invited to participate in our first workshop attended our program; and […]
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José Luis Zamorano Jeroen J. Bax Frank E. Rademakers Juhani Knuuti (Eds.) 2009 Imaging is at the core of diagnostic procedures in cardiology. The idea of creating The European Society of Cardiology Textbook of Cardiovascular Imaging has, therefore, been in the air for quite a long time. We recognized the rapid development of cardiovascular imaging and the growth […]
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Marc Gertsch 2009 An Evidence-Based Approach This book is designed for medical students and colleagues (including general practitioners, internists, and cardiologists) who need a short, practical book to help them correctly interpret more than 90% of all ECGs they see on a daily basis.
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Paul A. Iaizzo Editor 2009 Worldwide, the medical device industry continues to grow at an incredibly rapid pace. Our overall understanding of the molecular basis of disease continues to increase, in addition to the number of available therapies to treat specific health problems. This remains particularly true in the field of cardiovascular care. Hence, with this rapid growth rate, […]
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Antonio Pelliccia Editor 2009 Sudden death in young athletes engaged in competitive sports is a highly visible, emotionally charged and important public health issue, which has increasingly become part of the consciousness of the general public and practicing sports medicine community.
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William Franklin Peacock l Christopher P. Cannon Editors 2009 As the aging of America continues, ever increasing numbers of patients present to the hospital with signs and symptoms consistent with an acute coronary syndrome. This has challenged our health-care system, both in terms of sheer numbers and the complexity of their presentations.
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Robert P. Baughman • Roberto G. Carbone Giovanni Bottino Editors 2009 Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a broad category of lung diseases that includes more than 150 disorders characterized by scarring or fibrosis of the lungs. Even among the many types of the disease, ILD’s progression can vary from person to person, and people respond differently to therapy. […]
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