Research Catalog

Title

Cardiogenic embolism / Werner G. Daniel, Itzhak Kronzon, Andreas Mügge, editors.

Publication

Baltimore, MD : Williams & Wilkins, [1996], ©1996.

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Additional Authors

• Daniel, Werner G.
• Kronzon, Itzhak.
• Mügge, Andreas.

Description

xxiv, 380 pages : illustrations (some color); 26 cm

Summary

• Embolism can be a serious complication of many cardiac and vascular disorders. Recent technologic developments have greatly expanded our knowledge about cardiogenic embolism. This practical, detailed review is your guide to the current knowledge of pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of cardiogenic embolism.
• This text presents clear information for the internist, cardiologist, neurologist, cardiac surgeon and vascular surgeon, as well as every practitioner who may be called upon to diagnose, prevent, or treat this common - often catastrophic - condition.

Subjects

• Embolism
• Heart > Diseases > Complications
• Heart Diseases > complications
• Embolism > etiology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Epidemiology of Stroke / Natan M. Bornstein -- 2. Anatomic Basis of Cardiac Emboli: A Morphologic Review / Bruce F. Waller -- 3. Neurological Aspects of Cardiogenic Embolism / Merrill C. Kanter and David G. Sherman -- 4. Atrial Fibrillation / Michael D. Ezekowitz, Ira S. Cohen, Charles C. Gornick, Paul A. Tunick and Itzhak Kronzon -- 5. Myocardial Infarction / Paul A. Tunick and Itzhak Kronzon -- 6. Hypertrophic and Restrictive Cardiomyopathies / Kevin Wei, E. Douglas Wigle, Jagdish Butany and Harry Rakowski -- 7. Dilated Cardiomyopathy / Edward S. Katz, Arthur Z. Schwartzbard and Itzhak Kronzon -- 8. Mitral Stenosis / Robert W. Armbruster and Arthur J. Labovitz -- 9. Mitral Valve Prolapse / Naeem K. Tahirkheli and Rick A. Nishimura -- 10. Infective Endocarditis / Andreas Mugge and Werner G. Daniel -- 11. Valvular Calcification / Alan S. Pearlman -- 12. Valvular Strands / Ingela Schnittger --
• 13. Prosthetic Valves / David M. Freedman, Jagdish Butany and Harry Rakowski -- 14. Spontaneous Echocardiographic Contrast / Edward S. Katz -- 15. Atrial Septal Aneurysm / Andreas Mugge and Werner G. Daniel -- 16. Cardiac and Vascular Tumors / Robin S. Freedberg -- 17. Aortic Atheromas / Itzhak Kronzon and Paul A. Tunick -- 18. Paradoxical Embolism / Dirk Hausmann, Andreas Mugge and Werner G. Daniel -- 19. Pulmonary Embolism / Jost Niedermeyer and Werner G. Daniel -- 20. Venous Sources / Vipul Shah and Randolph P. Martin -- 21. Coagulation Disorders / Enrique Galve, Josep Ordi-Ros and J. Soler-Soler -- 22. Heart and Lung Transplantation / Shunichi Homma and Marco R. DiTullio -- 23. Neuroradiology / Uresh Patel and Norman K. Chase -- 24. Nuclear Medicine / Joseph J. Sanger and Elissa Lipcon Kramer -- 25. Aspirin and Anticoagulant Therapy / Shahdad Khosropanah, Thuy Dinh and Michael D. Ezekowitz -- 26. Thrombolysis / Dietrich C. Gulba --
• 27. Cardioversion from Atrial Fibrillation / Warren J. Manning -- 28. Surgery for Acute and Chronic Pulmonary Embolism / Howard C. Dittrich and Stuart W. Jamieson -- 29. High-Intensity, Low-Frequency, Catheter-Delivered Ultrasound for Intravascular Clot Lysis / Wolfgang Steffen, Michael C. Fishbein, Huai Luo, Christian Hamm, Toshihiko Nishioka, Gerald Maurer and Robert J. Siegel.

ISBN

0683023594

LCCN

95012357

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries