A. F. Corno P. Festa 2009 CT-Scan and MRI The first two volumes of this series on “Congenital Heart Defects – Decision making for surgery” have been dedicated to the “Most common defects (Volume 1)” and to “Less common defects (Volume 2)”. The schema utilized for these two books was the same, with each chapter devoted to a […]
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Edited by JACQUELINE SAW 2009 Carotid artery stenting has evolved remarkably over the past three decades to become a promising alternative to carotid endarterectomy, especially for patients deemed to have high surgical risks. Several crucial developments have enabled carotid stenting to be performed safely and achieve durable effectiveness in stroke prevention.
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Edited by Gilbert R. Upchurch Jr. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA Enrique Criado University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA 2009 Pathogenesis and Treatment Aortic aneurysms are increasingly common and often lethal in the aging population, making them among the leading causes of death in the United States. The incidence and prevalence of aortic disease […]
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Adrian Chenzbraun 2009 The idea of writing this book arose from frequent encounters with cardiologists in training and intensivist colleagues who highlighted the contribution of echocardiographic studies to the evaluation of difficult cases.
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Petros Nihoyannopoulos · Joseph Kisslo Editors 2009 Echocardiography has expanded greatly over recent years to earn its place as a subspecialty in cardiology in its own right. From the original single M-mode modality of 50 years ago, it has evolved into a complex “multimodality” method for evaluating and quantifying cardiovascular lesions. In addition, the entire spectrum of hemodynamic assessment […]
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Eyal Herzog, Farooq Chaudhry Editors 2009 Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention This is the first edition of Echocardiography in Acute Coronary Syndromes. There have been major advances and developments in both the field of Acute Coronary Syndrome and Echocardiography. This book is intended to address the important role echocardiography plays in diagnosing and evaluating patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome.
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Romeo Vecht Michael A. Gatzoulis Nicholas S. Peters 2009 It is a privilege to have been afforded the opportunity to extend this book to a second edition. The original text has been corrected and upgraded to conform with ongoing progress in the field of electrocardiography, while additional selected references have been introduced to encourage further interest.
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Anthony A. Bavry and Deepak L. Bhatt Editors 2009 Acute coronary syndromes affect millions of individuals annually by causing considerable morbidity and mortality. In developed countries this disease remains the number one killer, despite significant improvements in its management over the last several decades.
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Norman Beck 2009 Many years’ experience teaching undergraduates and postgraduates in both hematology and internal medicine and daily consultation with colleagues both in hospital and private clinical practice have brought home very clearly the problems experienced by most students (and practitioners) in the approach to hematological problems and the interpretation of hematology reports.
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Judith G. Regensteiner Jane E.B. Reusch Kerry J. Stewart Aristidis Veves 2009 Diabetes is a highly significant public health problem in the United States. Approximately 21 million children and adults (7% of the population) have diabetes, although only about 14.6 million have been diagnosed. The estimated number of persons with prediabetes is 54 million. The prevalence of […]
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