In this pathbreaking volume, a multidisciplinary team of
international experts puts catheter-based treatment
techniques in context by exploring the pathobiology of specific
diseases alongside a discussion of imaging tools and functional
tests, and a comparison to alternative treatment approaches
provided by cardiovascular surgery.
This comprehensive overview of interventional
cardiology:
* Explains treatments in depth, including imaging techniques and
functional tests
* Serves as both a theoretical and practical guide to available
treatment approaches that can be tailored for individual
patients
* Provides the latest scientific data and new surgical
alternatives
* Presents a practically oriented view of the most important
interventional strategies
* Is written by a strong team of well-published and
highly-regarded authors, the people whose breakthroughs in the
clinic and the lab have made interventional cardiology the dynamic
field it is today
Practitioners, fellows, and trainees who want a state-of-the-art
guide to interventional cardiology can depend on this carefully
crafted guide for authoritative information.
Circa l’autore
Jürgen Haase, MD, Ph D, Professor of
Medicine, Senior Consultant Cardiologist, Red Cross Hospital
Cardiology Center, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Hans-Joachim Schäfers, MD, Professor of Surgery,
Chairman Surgical Center, University Hospitals of Saarland,
Director Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery,
University Hospitals of Saarland, Homburg/Saar, Germany
Horst Sievert, MD, Professor of Medicine, Director
Cardiovascular Center Frankfurt, Sankt Katharinen, Director
Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiology and Vascular Medicine,
Sankt Katharinen Hospital, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Ron Waksman, MD, Professor of Medicine, Director
Experimental Cardiology and Co-Director, Department of Cardiology,
Washington Hospital Center, Washington DC, USA