Cardiovascular Interventions in Clinical Practice 1st Edition by Jurgen Haase, Hans Joachim Schafers, Horst Sievert, Ron Waksman ISBN 1444316710 9781444316711

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.