Cardiothoracic surgery

The topic of heart failure although extensively researched and reported, has several gray areas.

This atlas provides transplant professionals with a step-wise approach to organ transplantation, illustrating the technical steps and highlighting practice points for each procedure.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is, of 2024, one of the three main causes of death in the world, affecting around 12% of the world's population.

There is no standard textbook at this time on endovascular management of thoracic aortic pathologies.

The second edition of this handbook is an up-to-date guide to the application of catheter-based interventions across the entire  age range of congenital heart disease patients, from fetal life through to adulthood.

The minimally-invasive or endoscopic mitral valve surgery is one of the most attractive and most interesting areas of the modern heart surgery.

Echocardiography is one of the most useful and powerful diagnostic tools in the assessment of cardiac structure and function.

Advancements in the treatment and prevention of Atrial Fibrillation are presented in this important new book.

An estimated 30,000 children are born in the USA with congenital heart disease each year, two thirds of which will require corrective surgery.

Echocardiography is one of the most useful and powerful diagnostic tools in the assessment of cardiac structure and function.

This is a concise review of up-to-date concepts and techniques in the discipline of heart transplantation.

Cardiovascular Computed Tomography has a prominent role in the diagnosis and management across a wide spectrum of clinical indications.

This issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics, guest edited by Drs.

This book is a comprehensive overview of heart failure and cardiac transplantation and integrates scientific and clinical information about the physiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of this disorder.

Despite the exponential growth in the use of peripheral CTA in the diagnosis and follow-up of vascular disease patients, practical sources from which to gain valuable expertise in this field remain scarce.

De zorg voor vaatpatiënten is in twintig jaar aanzienlijk veranderd.

This book explores the unique aspects involved in the management of ECMO patients such as physiopathology and indications, setting up the device, monitoring ECMO and the patient, troubleshooting, ethical aspects and rehabilitation.

Dedicated to the critical management of acutely ill adults with congenital heart disease, this comprehensive book discusses the many challenges faced in the management of these patients, who require intensive inter- and trans-disciplinary care.

This book focuses specifically on the management of cardiovascular disease in elderly patients with particular frailties and in the "e;oldest old"e;.

Nearly a century has passed since Rehn performed the first successful cardiac operation by closing a right ventricular stab wound in a gravely ill patient.

A bespoke, comprehensive and concise guide to the core competencies and latest management in congenital heart surgery.

Cardiovascular Biomaterials presents current research material developed by contributors from universities and professional laboratories in the UK, USA, Canada, and Germany.

This book is intended as a comprehensive, practically oriented reference on pulmonary hypertension within the context of adult congenital heart disease (ACHD).

Venous Ultrasound 2e is the essential text for anyone involved in the treatment of chronic venous disease.

This book is written as a reference and guidebook for practicing surgeons, gastroenterologists, and interventional radiologists with an interest in hepatobiliary diseases.

Offering patients a higher safety profile and less discomfort than radio-frequency ablation, catheter cryoablation is a safe, effective and efficient alternative for clinicians treating atrial fibrillation and other arrhythmias.

Robotic surgery is currently devoid of adequate didactic material necessary to facilitate daily application in cardiothoracic surgical practice.

This book considers paradigmatic clinical cases in order to cast light on key issues relating to elective or emergency stent implantation and the use of oral anticoagulation (OAC) in patients with atrial fibrillation.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is, of 2024, one of the three main causes of death in the world, affecting around 12% of the world's population.

An accessible source of information about the current spectrum of anesthesia and critical care management of patients undergoing thoracic surgery.

This book is a practical guide to the differential diagnosis and treatment of patients presenting in the Emergency Department with syncope or arrhythmias, including bradyarrhythmias, atrial fibrillation, narrow and wide QRS tachycardias.

The book is the last of a three-volume project, aiming at providing unique case reports (20 cases per volume) of supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias encountered in clinical practice.

Mechanical Circulatory Support: Principles and Applications offers innovative approaches to complex clinical scenarios and represents the current state-of-the-art for managing patients on mechanical circulatory support devices.

This book is the first of its kind - a comprehensive reference for anesthesia and perioperative clinicians involved in aortic surgery.

Cardiac surgery has developed dramatically since the first open-he art operations were performed in the mid 1950s.

In the last years, indications for defibrillators and cardiac resynchronization therapy have expanded enormously; for this reason, and also due to the extension of human life length, the number of patients with implanted cardiac devices have steadily increased.

Due to a high incidence of anemia, critically ill patients are frequently transfused, with up to 40% of patients receiving a transfusion during their stay in the Intensive Care Unit.

Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Stored ECGs instructs the reader on the appropriate and optimal reading of device diagnostics in clinical practice using a format developed around low text volume, charts, and practical (hands-on) protocols that can be used directly during ICD follow-up.

T e four heart valves reside in the center of the heart.

This updated second edition provides a comprehensive overview of cardiac pathology.

The aim of this book is to identify and shed new light on the main surgical practices involved in acute care and trauma surgery.

This textbook offers an up-to-date, user-friendly guide on the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of heart failure.

This book on cardiac extracellular matrix (ECM) features three sections, Fundamental Science, Pre-Clinical and Translational Science, and Clinical Applications.