With seven new chapters and detailed contributions from 45 renowned international authorities, this text is a comprehensive, contemporary view of the biology, physiology, and management of acute coronary syndromes. It contains 32 chapters providing discussions on CPR and other disease markers, microcirculation, stem cell therapy and the development of specialized centers for ACS treatment.
With seven new chapters and detailed contributions from 45 renowned international authorities, this text is a comprehensive, contemporary view of the ...
Angioplasty has completely transformed the treatment of coronary artery disease and is widely used, with more than 800,000 procedures performed worldwide per year. However, the enthusiasm for angioplasty is shadowed by restenosis, which remains a critical problem after the procedure, resulting in clinical recurrence in over a third of patients. Recently, the mechanisms of restenosis have been completely reappraised with an enriched understanding that the original concept of neointimal hyperplasia may not be accounting for the bulk of the problem. There is a desperate need to heighten...
Angioplasty has completely transformed the treatment of coronary artery disease and is widely used, with more than 800,000 procedures performed worldw...
Angioplasty has completely transformed the treatment of coronary artery disease and is widely used, with more than 800,000 procedures performed worldwide per year. However, the enthusiasm for angioplasty is shadowed by restenosis, which remains a critical problem after the procedure, resulting in clinical recurrence in over a third of patients. Recently, the mechanisms of restenosis have been completely reappraised with an enriched understanding that the original concept of neointimal hyperplasia may not be accounting for the bulk of the problem. There is a desperate need to heighten...
Angioplasty has completely transformed the treatment of coronary artery disease and is widely used, with more than 800,000 procedures performed worldw...
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Vascular diseases are the leading cause of taken. First, interactive and permeable int- morbidity and mortality in developed faces have replaced inter...