Strategic Approaches in Coronary Intervention

By Stephen G. Ellis

Updated to include the newest devices and procedures, this practical reference is a clinically oriented guide to interventional cardiology. Chapters by the foremost experts present step-by-step approaches to specific clinical problems and offer guidelines for selecting the most appropriate device and technique. The authors' recommendations are backed by their extensive experience and by evidence-based clinical trials. This Third Edition describes the latest stents and stenting procedures-including local drug delivery with coated stents-and provides state-of-the-art information on local myocyte injection, distal protection devices, peripheral vascular intervention, and new adjunctive therapies. The concluding chapter previews future developments in the field.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0781742943
• ISBN13: 9780781742948
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Length: 546 Pages
• Weight: 3.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.3" x 1.3" x 8.8"