Landmark Papers in Cardiovascular Medicine

ISBN-13: 9780199594764 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 384 str.

Aung Myat; Tony Gerschlick

Opis

Landmark Papers in Cardiology provides a detailed summary of the most important trials and studies in cardiology, which have paved the way for breakthroughs in the clinical management of the entire spectrum of cardiovascular disease. Each chapter is written by a prominent international cardiologist in that particular field, making this book essential reading for all cardiologists and cardiovascular trainees. The text enables all cardiology trainees to apply evidence-based medicine to real-world clinical scenarios and the management of patients in everyday practice. It can also be used as a revision aid for trainees preparing for in-training assessments and exit exams. For established cardiologists and other allied healthcare professionals with an interest in cardiovascular medicine, this book will act as an easily accessible reference text and a benchmark guide to the clinical trials and developments in basic science and clinical cardiology, from which current patient management strategies have been derived.

Recenzje

For anyone who's grown tired of the usual textbooks, guidelines and reading of review articles on the web, this is a brilliant alternative ... the must-have Christmas or Easter gift for cardiologists and internists.

O autorze

Dr Aung Myat is currently a BHF Clinical Research Training Fellow in Coronary Physiology working in The Rayne Institute at St Thomas' Hospital, King's College London. He is a Specialist Registrar in the West Midlands Deanery Cardiology Training Programme but has taken time out of formal training to undertake a postgraduate PhD degree. Prior to this he completed his general medical rotation in Nottingham, culminating in the attainment of his MRCP from the Royal College of Physicians in London. He is heavily involved in medical education and research having published a number of articles, book chapters, and organized national symposia. He has also been co-opted as a Member of the Communication and Education Committee of the British Cardiovascular Society. Tony Gershlick is Consultant Cardiologist at Universtiy Hospitals of Leicester, and has a personal chair as Professor of Interventional Cardiology, University of Leicester. He received his BSc in Pharmacological Biochemistry at St Mary's Hospital and then went on train in London for MB BS, MRCP, and junior cardiology training at the London and London Chest Hospitals. He was appointed to the University Hospitals of Leicester in 1990 and awarded a personal Chair in Interventional cardiology 2008. Professor Gershlick is Chairman, R&D Committee for the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society. He is also part of the BCIS Audit Group, and since 1995 he has been a Council Member with BCIS with special responsibilities for research. He has published > 130 peer review papers multiple book chapters and editorials. His major clinical interests are in chronic total occlusions and acute coronary syndromes.