Atlas of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

Atlas of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery-1

Constantine Mavroudis Carl Lewis Backer Editors 2015 The raison d’etre for a new atlas of congenital heart surgery is based on the reality that our specialty has undergone numerous changes in the past few years, resulting in improved techniques and new operations. The sheer number of new procedures and the required attendant technical skills to successfully complete an […]

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Intraprocedural Imaging of Cardiovascular Interventions

Intraprocedural Imaging of Cardiovascular-1

Michael H. Picard • Jonathan J. Passeri Jacob P. Dal-Bianco Editors 2016 While many forms of non-invasive cardiac imaging have been used in association with cardiac procedures for many years, their use gained prominence in the mid-1980s when transthoracic echocardiography became an important component of the percutaneous mitral valvotomy procedure, especially to identify appropriate patients for this procedure. […]

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The Arrhythmic Patient in the Emergency Department

The Arrhythmic Patient in the Emergency-1

Massimo Zecchin • Gianfranco Sinagra Editors 2016 A Practical Guide for Cardiologists and Emergency Physicians The book is a practical guide designed for physicians (both emergency physicians and cardiologists) who first evaluate and treat patients with arrhythmias or potentially arrhythmic problems in the emergency setting. It can also be a useful learning tool for students and residents in […]

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Complications of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Complications of Percutaneous Coronary-1

Alistair Lindsay • Kamal Chitkara Carlo Di Mario Editors 2016 The Survival Handbook One of the most remarkable features of interventional cardiology practice is its low complication rate. Less than 1 % of procedures result in a serious complication overall, and this figure has remained consistently low even as the technical complexity of coronary procedures has evolved over […]

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Cardiac CT Imaging

Cardiac CT Imaging-1

Matthew J. Budoff • Jerold S. Shinbane Editors 2016 Diagnosis of Cardiovascular Disease It is a testament to the intellect and diligence of the physician-scientists and engineers involved in the field of cardiovascular computed tomography that a third edition of this text is necessary in so short a time since this field was created. Our first cardiac […]

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Clinical Cases in Cardiology

Clinical Cases in Cardiology-1

Alessandro Capucci Editor 2015 A Guide to Learning and Practice Knowledge in cardiovascular science has expanded widely in the last decades and recent years. The proof of this development is the increasing number of scientific articles published, and the frequent updates of the cardiological guidelines.

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The Failing Right Heart

The Failing Right Heart-1

Kyriakos Anastasiadis Stephen Westaby Polychronis Antonitsis Editors 2015 Right ventricular function, though neglected for many years, attracted scientific attention lately. Numerous experimental and clinical data is currently accumulated, however dispersed, in the literature. This prompted us to summarize in this book the fundamental principles of right heart physiology and pharmacology, diagnostic tools, and strategies to define right heart […]

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Principles of Miniaturized ExtraCorporeal Circulation

Principles of Miniaturized-1

Kyriakos Anastasiadis Polychronis Antonitsis Helena Argiriadou 2013 From Science and Technology to Clinical Practice Minimal ExtraCorporeal Circulation (MECC) systems are used for more than one decade in clinical practice. However, most of the cardiac surgeons and perfusionists do not really know much about them. Despite the excellent clinical results from their use, which are widely dispersed into the […]

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