Angioplasty has completely transformed the treatment of coronary artery disease and is widely used, with more than 800,000 procedures performed worldwide per year. However, the enthusiasm for angioplasty is shadowed by restenosis, which remains a critical problem after the procedure, resulting in clinical recurrence in over a third of patients. Recently, the mechanisms of restenosis have been completely reappraised with an enriched understanding that the original concept of neointimal hyperplasia may not be accounting for the bulk of the problem. There is a desperate need to heighten understanding of the remodeling process at the molecular, cellular, and arterial level. Vascular remodeling is a well established concept in the field of atherosclerosis and hypertension, but only in recent years has its applicability to the field of restenosis become pivotal. Accordingly, the editors perceived the need to assemble the first book dedicated to the concept of coronary artery remodeling in restenosis, in order to clearly review the experiments leading to the remodeling hypothesis and integrate this with the neointimal hyperplasia (tumor) model for the development of the restenotic lesion. The authors of this book present their experience to facilitate the understanding of the mechanisms for coronary restenosis and remodeling. The various experimental models, clinical issues, and basic mechanisms are reviewed in detail, resulting in a fresh approach to a vexing clinical problem. Arterial Remodeling: A Critical Factor in Restenosis will be useful to the physician and trainee who have an interest in restenosis, and specifically in the major pathophysiologic process which determines the fate of arterial healing in patients following percutaneous coronary revascularization. It is hoped that this book will lay the foundation for more effective therapies that will reduce the chance of constrictive remodeling and improve the long-term efficacy of non-surgical coronary revascularization in the future.

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Product Description: This CD-ROM provides a thorough, interactive tutorial on electrocardiogram interpretation and a comprehensive, easily navigable reference library of common and uncommon electrocardiograms. The CD-ROM contains more than 620 12-lead electrocardiograms grouped into three levels of complexity: beginning, intermediate, and advanced...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: With detailed contributions from 45 renowned international authorities, this Third Edition stands alone as the most comprehensive, contemporary view of the biology, physiology, and management of acute coronary syndromes (ACS)-offering 32 chapters that span the state-of-the science in the field and provide intriguing discussions on CRP and other disease markers, microcirculation, stem cell therapy, and the development of specialized centers for ACS treatment...read more

Cardiology fellows, residents, and practitioners will find this manual, which fits conveniently into a lab coat pocket, an indispensable guide to common clinical syndromes in cardiology. Emphasizing diagnosis, therapy, and the technical aspects of the field, it follows an outline format and contains brief overviews of the various procedures used in the care of cardiac patients.

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Provides information and advice on how the heart works, preventing, diagnosing, and treating various types of heart disease, recovering from a heart attack, and related topics.

Product Description: Univ. of Leuven, Belgium. Practical reference on fundamental principles of blood clotting in heart disease for clinical cardiologists, internists, and researchers. Previous edition: c1992, by Valentin Fuster, a Brandon/Hill Medical List author and second author of this text. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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