Left Main Coronary Artery Disease A Practical Guide for the Interventional Cardiologist /

• Main Author: Tamburino, Corrado (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Milano : Springer Milan, 2009.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cardiology.; Surgery.; Cardiac surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Cardiac Surgery.

Recent developments in the field of percutaneous coronary intervention and encouraging data relating to feasibility and safety have led to a renewed interest in left main angioplasty. Interventional cardiologists are faced with the challenge represented by this complex subset of lesions. The first p...

Table of Contents:

• Anatomy
• Literature Review
• Morpho-functional Assessment of Left Main Coronary Artery Disease
• Left Main Coronary Artery Percutaneous Interventions: Materials and Techniques
• Thrombosis and Antiplatelet Therapy.