R. Hetzer J. S. Rankin C. A. Yankah (Eds.) 2011 Cardiac valve surgery was first proposed a century ago by Dr. Harvey Cushing at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, which is ironic since Cushing is generally considered the father of neurosurgery.
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Alexis Jacquier 2011 Cardiac masses pose difficult diagnostic challenges. Although many cardiac tumours are today operable, the complexity of any surgery involved requires accurate pre-operative imaging. Several imaging modalities including cardiac magnetic resonance and computed tomography are used for this assessment, often used in combination.
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Editor Scott M. Grundy 2011 The past two decades have seen an explosion of new information on the causation, prevention, and treatment of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). For many years, atherosclerosis was viewed as being a set of inert plaques on the surface of arteries that grow slowly in size and can eventually occlude their lumens.
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R.G. González J.A. Hirsch M.H. Lev P.W. Schaefer L.H. Schwamm (Editors) 2011 Acute ischemic stroke is treatable, and our ability to treat patients with ischemic stroke continues to improve. Since the publication of the first edition of this book, important changes in stroke patient management have occurred, and many are reflected in these pages.
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Maria Grazia Bongiorni Editor 2011 From Simple Traction to Internal Transjugular Approach “I can do it … , I can do it… , I can do it. .. ” This affirmation could be read on pins on jackets of many participants of the Cardiac Pacing and Arrhythmology Congress in 1989. These simple words mean that a procedure […]
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Edited by Gan-Xin Yan Peter R. Kowey 2011 It is safe to say that few areas of medicine have moved faster than cardiac electrophysiology. In three short decades, our field has grown from its infancy to a highly sophisticated subspecialty of cardiology, complete with its own societies, scientific meetings, and board examination.
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Kwan-Leung Chan John P. Veinot 2011 Echocardiography is a widely used imaging modality for the assessment of patients with heart disease. It is versatile and can be performed at the bedside to promptly provide reliable anatomic and functional information useful for the management of the patient.
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Franz H Messerli 2011
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Michael A. DeVita ● Ken Hillman Rinaldo Bellomo Editors 2011 Concept and Implementation When we created the Manual of Medical Emergency Teams (MET), Implementation and Outcome Measurement, the concept was relatively new. The term MET was not well recognized and had different meanings to different people.
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Michele Brignole · David G. Benditt 2011 An Evidence-Based Approach Syncope, better known to most people as “fainting” or “blacking out,” represents a complete albeit temporary loss of consciousness leading to interruption of awareness of ones surroundings and falls with risk of injury.
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