Kategoria BISAC: Medical >> Surgery - Cardiothoracic

Interstitial Fibrosis in Heart Failure, edited by Francisco J. Villarreal, M.D., Ph.D., provides a timely and integrative review of the basics of cardiac extracellular matrix structure. Topics covered include how cardiac remodeling influences its disposition, abundance and function; possible non-invasive techniques for diagnosis; and potential drug-based or molecular therapeutic strategies that may interrupt or even reverse the course of the development of cardiac fibrosis.

This resource for both clinicians and scientists aims to cover state-of-the-art findings...

Modern biological understanding is the basis for a multimodality treatment of a tumor. 'Anatomic Basis of Tumor Surgery' is the only book that provides an anatomic basis and description of tumor surgery based on an understanding of both the anatomy and biology of tumor progression. It presents the regional anatomy to allow tailoring of the operation as demanded.

These congenital deformities, funnel or keel chest deformities, as well as Poland syndromes, affect a small group of patients who suffer from aesthetic rather than functional impairment. The wide variety of diagnoses and recommended therapies, mostly surgical procedures, can be very confusing for patients, their parents, physicians and surgeons. In recent years several techniques have been refined and developed to deal with these complex problems, and surgeons with different specialties have been operating on these deformities, mostly as lonely experts in their respective fields.

Recent developments in the field of percutaneous coronary intervention and encouraging data relating to feasibility and safety have led to a renewed interest in left main angioplasty. Interventional cardiologists are faced with the challenge represented by this complex subset of lesions.

The first part of this practical handbook specifically deals with the development of the anatomical classification and gives an overview of the frequency of different anatomic phenotypes. The second part provides a comprehensive knowledge on the techniques and approach to left main coronary artery...

This comprehensive handbook delivers "bottom line," evidence-based guidance in the practice of thoracic anesthesia. Chapters are short and practical and include actionable technical pearls not available elsewhere. The editor and contributors are academic faculty who work at one of the busiest thoracic surgical programs in North America, and their aim has been to integrate essential concepts with practical decision-making.

-Detailed guidance for performing more than 30 thoracic surgical procedures

-Relevant surgical insights from a senior thoracic surgeon included for each...

Interventional Pericardiology gives a unique and comprehensive view on an often neglected but clinically very important part of cardiovascular disease: The pericardium and the adjacent myocardium or epicardium. The authors of this up-to-date compendium on pericardial disease etiology, diagnostics and treatment, Professors Bernhard Maisch (Marburg), Arsen Ristić (Belgrade), Petar Seferović (Belgrade) and Teresa Tsang (Rochester) focus on recent advances to the new window that has been opened to the heart by flexible and video-assisted pericardioscopy, modern biochemical,...

Once considered an experimental therapy, lung transplantation is now regarded as a viable treatment option for selected patients with end-stage lung diseases. As more and more of these cases arise, it becomes imperative for those involved in the care of lung transplant patients to have a vast understanding of the multidiscipline process of lung transplantation. This text provides a comprehensive overview of this process covering everything from the history of the lung transplant program to the long term effects of the procedure.

Heart failure is the biggest killer in the western world, with an estimated 5 million cases in the US alone and at least 400 000 new cases being diagnosed each year, but the number of clinical books going into detail on surgical management have been limited.

The management of heart failure has undergone great changes in the last few years. There is very little comprehensive information about co-ordinated care of patients with heart failure. There has been a growth in heart failure cardiology and in the community treatment of heart failure, which have not been taught in...

Dieser Leitfaden richtet sich vor allem an junge herzchirurgische Assistenten, die einen gezielten Einblick in die Kinderherzchirurgie erhalten wollen oder sich auf die Facharztprufung fur Herzchirurgie vorbereiten mochten.

Er bietet einen kompakten und dennoch umfassenden Uberblick uber die einfachen und komplexen kinderherzchirurgischen Eingriffe, verdeutlicht aber auch die besonderen anatomischen Gegebenheiten des Kinderherzens, die Indikationsstellung, die postoperativen Komplikationen sowie die Ergebnisse und Probleme im Langzeitverlauf.

Fur die zweite Auflage haben die...

Vorhofflimmern ist die haufigste Herzrhythmusstorung. Die enorme Bedeutung der Arrhythmie ergibt sich aus der Chronizitat des Erkrankungsverlaufes, der komplexen Atiopathogenese sowie einer erheblichen assoziierten Morbiditat und Mortalitat. In den westlichen Industrienationen wird die atriale Arrhythmie an Bedeutung zunehmen. Diese komplett uberarbeitete Neuauflage gibt den umfangreichen Uberblick uber aktuelle Diagnose- und Therapieverfahren.