Quantitative Coronary Angiography in Clinical Practice (Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, 145)

Description

Quantitative coronary angiography has become an invaluable tool for the
interventional cardiologist, providing objective and reproducible measurements
of coronary artery dimensions, which can be used to study progression or
regression of coronary atherosclerosis, as well as the immediate and long term
effects of percutaneous interventions. Until recently, this powerful imaging
technology was confined to a small number of so-called high level
institutions. Fortunately, with the development of digital cardiac imaging
equipment and adaptation of cine-angiographically based computer software for
on-line use in the catheterization room, quantitative coronary angiography is
now available to all interventionalists. This book is a timely guide for the
impending QCA user, providing practical as well as theoretical and scientific
information. A comprehensive evaluation of the clinical usefulness of QCA is
covered, from the fundamental principles through experimental validation
studies, application to clinical trials of a wide range of pharmacological and
interventional therapies in the full spectrum of clinical presentation of
coronary disease syndromes, evaluation of the therapeutic efficacy of various
new devices for coronary intervention, together with extensive presentation of
its physiological, functional and anatomical correlations, by comparison with
other intracoronary measurement and imaging techniques. In addition, evolving
theories and concepts in the ever topical `restenosis phenomenon’ after
percutaneous intervention, based on serial QCA studies, are presented and
discussed and a potentially unifying methodological approach to further study
of this ubiquitous problem is offered. This book, thanks to the collaboration
of many experts in the field of intracoronary imaging and measurement,
provides stimulating, interesting and practical information, both for the
academic scientist and practising clinician. Read more

Features:

Product Details:

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Springer; Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1994 edition (December 15, 2010)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 744 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9048142954
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 58
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.26 pounds
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.1 x 1.68 x 9.25 inches