Chronic Total Occlusions: A Guide to Recanalization by Ron Waksman and Shigeru Saito
English | 2013 | ISBN: 0470658541 | 320 pages

Chronic Total Occlusions or CTOs can be found in 30% of patients with coronary artery disease.
Despite advances, CTOs remain one of the most frequently identified lesions in interventional cardiology yet least likely to be successfully treated.

The prevalence of the disorder is vexing. The threat to your patients is significant. The condition is complex. And, treatment remains a challenge.

Learn how to approach CTOs from internationally-recognized physician-educators
Turn to Chronic Total Occlusions: A Guide to Recanalization, 2e for expert insight into the world of CTOs and clear, practical guidance you can apply directly and immediately in your cath lab.

Offering the most comprehensive information available, this completely updated second edition provides you wih:

• Full-color images from the diagnostic modalities that are essential in identifying CTOs
• Data on indications and efficacy from the most recent clinical trials
• Practical guidance on the selection and use of the latest wires and devices
• Even more tips and tricks from leading operators from the world’s busiest centers
• Clinical cases to illustrate some of the more complex scenarios and common complications

David Korpa, "Implantable Cardiac Devices Technology"
English | ISBN: 1461469066 | 2013

Development in a majority of medicine branches today is based on technological advancement. This is the case in cardiology, where medical devices designed to correct heart rhythm – pacemakers, cardioverters-defibrillators and biventricular systems – are implanted in order to help a sick heart.

Medical pacing devices today are only developed and produced globally by a several producers who make different technical solutions, algorithms, system parameters etc.

The book Implantable Cardiac Devices Technology is targeted at biomedical, clinical engineers, technicians in practice, students of biomedical disciplines, and all medical staff who are required to understand the basics of pacing technology. The book is comprised of fourteen chapters that are further subdivided according to specific topics. Chapters dealing with basic heart anatomy, physiology and arythmology are included for the sake of comprehensiveness.

Chapters avoid the description of special functions, but cover general procedures and parameters common for the systems of all producers.

The book is intended to serve as a monothematic textbook. In order to make the text comprehensible and well arranged for a reader, references to professional literature are only provided once in a respective chapter.

Ichiro Wakabayashi, "Interdisciplinary Concepts in Cardiovascular Health: Volume I: Primary Risk Factors"
ISBN: 3709113334 | 2013 |

This book provides an introduction to the principles of both cardiovascular epidemiology and molecular pathophysiology; as a unique aspect, it also outlines and discusses the molecular concepts underlying epidemiological observations. This first volume is focused on the genetic and molecular basis of pathogenesis and the role of environmental factors triggering cardiovascular dysfunctions. The book promotes the use of interdisciplinary approaches in the field of preventive medicine based on recent advances in molecular and cellular pathophysiology. The book offers a valuable resource for researchers in basic biomedical fields and clinical scientists alike, as well as guidelines for novel avenues of research in both basic pathophysiology and cardiovascular therapy and prevention.