Manual of Interventional Cardiology [Paperback]

Robert Safian (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2001

The Most Practical and Popular Reference in the Field! Edited and Authored by Key Opinion Leaders! An authoritative manual for practicing clinicians that covers the equipment and operator techniques in interventional cardiology. Contains 700 Easy-to-Read Tables, Figures and Algorithms, and places special emphasis on stents, acute coronary syndromes, adjunctive pharmacotherapy, and peripheral vascular intervention. Edition

Product Details

• Paperback: 1050 pages
• Publisher: Physicians Press; third edition (January 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1890114391
• ISBN-13: 978-1890114398
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #967,333 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource for the interventional cardiologist, November 10, 2004

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Thomas A. Buckingham (Bratislava) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Manual of Interventional Cardiology (Paperback)

I am reviewing the third edition of this book with accompanying pocket-sized abridged version.

41 chapters spanning 1029 pages covering a variety of topics, including PTCA equipment and technique, brachial and radial approaches to intervention, high-risk intervention, acute coronary syndromes, left ventricular dysfunction, intracoronary thrombosis, bifurcation lesions, tortuousity and angulation, calcified lesions, eccentric lesions, ostial lesions, long lesions and small vessels, chronic total occlusion, coronary bypass grafts, spasm, dissection and acute closure, no-reflow, perforation, emergency bypass, restenosis, other complications, stents, rotablator, directional atherectomy, transluminal extraction atherectomy, intravascular ultrasound, Doppler blood flow measurements, adjunctive pharmacotherapy, local drug delivery, peripheral vascular intervention, balloon valvuloplasty, and radiations principles and safety. The chapters are organized in outline format with an appropriate number of figures, diagrams, algorithms and tables. The roentgenograms are good, but it is difficult to read coronary angios unless you can see the videos. This book was published in 2001 and updated in 2002 with important clinical trial results. The larger book is accompanied by a pocket-sized reference with the key points from major chapters and copies of important tables and clinical algorithms.
Overall, an excellent resource for the interventional cardiologist.