Cardiovascular Interventions in Clinical Practice

Download or read book Cardiovascular Interventions in Clinical Practice written by Jürgen Haase and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until the publication of this exciting volume, new treatment modalities in the rapidly growing field of interventional cardiology were described based on individual research findings. Now, 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 represents a landmark in the field.