Cardiology

  Basic Information: Year: 2012 Page Number: 880 File Type: PDF File Size: 77.51 MB Authors/ Editiors: Creager MD, Mark Description: Make the most of today's innovative medical therapies, advances in vascular imaging, and new drugs to improve your patients' cardiovascular health with Vascular Medicine, 2nd Edition. This comprehensive, clinically focused volume in the Braunwald's Heart Disease family provides an in-depth, state-of-the-art review of all vascular diseases, with an emphasis on pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management - giving you the evidence-based guidance you need to make appropriate therapeutic decisions on behalf of your...

  Basic Information: Year: 2014 Page Number: 488 File Type: PDF File Size: 32.71 MB Authors/ Editiors: Otto MD, Catherine M. Description: Internationally renowned cardiologists Drs. Catherine M. Otto and Robert O. Bonow help you to apply all of the latest scientific knowledge and clinical strategies with Valvular Heart Disease, a companion to Braunwald’'s Heart Disease. This indispensable resource for your everyday practice provides all of the knowledge you need to give your patients the most accurate diagnoses, the best possible heart disease treatment options, and the expert care they deserve. 2014 BMA...

  Basic Information: Year: 2016 Page Number: 136 File Type: PDF File Size: 16.83 MB Authors/ Editiors: Peter Spector Description: In the fast paced world of clinical training, students are often inundated with the what of electrophysiology without the why. This new text is designed to tell the story of electrophysiology so that the seemingly disparate myriad observations of clinical practice come into focus as a cohesive and predictable whole. PETER SPECTOR, MD PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE, Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology and Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory, University of Vermont Medical Center, University of Vermont College of...

  Basic Information: Year: 2010 Page Number: 235 File Type: PDF File Size: 7.44 MB Authors/ Editiors: Ranjan Thakur Description: Although the transseptal technique was described half a century ago, it has remained essentially unchanged. Recent advances in cardiac electrophysiology and left heart interventions have led to renewed interest in the technique as a means of delivering modern therapeutic interventions. Until now, the knowledge required for safely gaining access to the left atrium to perform catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation or other interventions has existed only in original publications and review articles. This...

  Basic Information: Year: 2013 Page Number: 240 File Type: PDF File Size: 4.65 MB Authors/ Editiors: Howard A. Cohen Description: Transradial Access: Techniques for Diagnostic Angiography and Percutaneous Intervention offers a single source for both novice and experienced interventional cardiologists for safely and effectively performing transradial catheterization procedures. First described in 1989, the transradial approach for coronary angiography and percutaneous interventions has seen a constant and progressive increase around the world as a result of significantly reduced procedural complications, shorter hospital stays, increased patient satisfaction, and lower associated costs compared with...

  Basic Information: Year: 2015 Page Number: 223 File Type: PDF File Size: 15.92 MB Authors/ Editiors: Rao MD Description: This issue of Interventional Cardiology Clinics, edited by Sunil V. Rao, is devoted to Transradial Angiography and Intervention. Dr. Rao assembled a group of expert contributors to review the following topics: Diagnostic and Guide Catheter Selection and Manipulation for Radial Approach; Slender Approach and Sheathless Techniques; Transradial Primary PCI; Complications of Transradial Cardiac Catheterization and Management; The Transradial Learning Curve and Volume-Outcome Relationship; Strategies to Traverse the Arm and Chest Vasculature; The...

  Basic Information: Year: 2011 Page Number: 650 File Type: PDF File Size: 43.73 MB Authors/ Editiors: André Y. Denault Description: This second edition of the Transesophageal Echocardiography Multimedia Manual is a comprehensive resource and essential guide to the rapidly expanding field of perioperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE), encompassing newer cardiac surgery techniques, more diverse surgical procedures, and use in the intensive care unit. With over 900 figures, this well-illustrated manual and its accompanying videos and self-test questions demonstrate new developments and challenges for the anesthesiologist, cardiologist, cardiac surgeon, critical care physician, and those...

  Basic Information: Year: 2010 Page Number: 459 File Type: PDF File Size: 13.94 MB Authors/ Editiors: Ziyad M. Hijazi Description: In a single volume, Transcatheter Closure of ASDs and PFOs: A Comprehensive Assessment supplies pediatric cardiologists, interventional cardiologists, and cardiology fellows with expertise about all aspects of treating ASDs and PFOs. Along with thorough discussions of fundamental topics such as anatomy, natural history, and indications, it offers abundant information about imaging techniques, surgical and nonsurgical procedures, devices, and trials. Every device currently available, both approved and nonapproved, is covered in detail...

  Basic Information: Year: 2010 Page Number: 230 File Type: PDF File Size: 6.02 MB Authors/ Editiors: Luthra Atul Description: This book is a unique compilation of case-records from heart patients, who were diagnosed at the bedside by adopting the conventional clinical approach rather than utilizing modern sophisticated technology. Each case description opens with the medical history, includes the findings on physical examination and concludes with the illustration of an ECG, ECHO or X-ray. Presents a harmonious blend of the time-honored clinical approach with the modern technical approach, towards the diagnosis of...

  Basic Information: Year: 2017 Page Number: 366 File Type: PDF File Size: 7.04 MB Authors/ Editiors: Yukihito Higashi Description: The book discusses recent findings and current perspectives on therapeutic angiogenesis. Studies have shown that therapies such as cell implantation and transfer of gene encoding for angiogenic growth factors are effective in improving symptoms in patients with critical limb ischemia, who previously had no treatment option other than amputation. The book discusses these therapies and presents data collected in clinical studies over the past decade. Despite significant advances in therapeutic angiogenesis since the...