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J. H. C. Reiber
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Department of Cardiology, Thorax Center, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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P. W. Serruys
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Department of Cardiology, Thorax Center, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Technical developments in coronary angiography
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- Joachim H. Bürsch, P. H. Heintzen, K. Moldenhauer
Pages 33-49
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- Tjeerd van der Werf, H. Stegehuis, R. M. Heethaar
Pages 51-65
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- Erik L. Ritman, A. A. Bove
Pages 67-78
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Quantitative coronary cineangiography
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Front Matter
Pages 101-101
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- J. Richard Spears, T. Sandor
Pages 103-124
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- Robert H. Selzer, A. Shircore, P. L. Lee, L. Hemphill, D. H. Blankenhorn
Pages 125-143
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- Johan H. C. Reiber, P. W. Serruys, C. J. Kooijman, C. J. Slager, J. H. C. Schuurbiers, A. den Boer
Pages 145-172
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Can we measure coronary blood flow from contrast injection?
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Front Matter
Pages 173-173
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- Paul Spiller, F.-K. Schmiel
Pages 175-192
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- Rüdiger Simon, I. Amende, G. Herrmann, W. Quante, P. R. Lichtlen
Pages 193-206
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Coronary obstruction and its physiologic significance
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Front Matter
Pages 207-207
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- K. Lance Gould, R. L. Kirkeeide
Pages 209-228
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- Melvin L. Marcus, D. G. Harrison, C. W. White, L. F. Hiratzka
Pages 229-237
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- C. Richard Conti, R. L. Feldman, W. W. Nichols, R. G. MacDonald, C. J. Pepine
Pages 239-249
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- Patrick W. Serruys, W. Wijns, R. Geuskens, P. de Feyter, M. van den Brand, J. H. C. Reiber
Pages 251-270
About this book
Over the past twenty years, technical advances in coronary arteriography have contributed to our understanding of the pathophysiologic aspects and natural history of coronary artery disease. Probably more than 700. 000 coronary arterio grams are performed annually throughout the world. Usually, these arteriograms are interpreted visually to determine the morphologic extent and severity of coronary artery disease. These subjective determinations, which are hampered . by relatively large intra- and interobserver variations, are used as a basis for critically important therapeutic decisions: Which arteries are to be revascular ized, which lesions are suitable for coronary bypass surgery or for percutaneous coronary angioplasty? To improve on this clinical decision making, on the treat ment and follow-up of such patients, new, objective and reproducible techniques for the assessment of the extent and severity of coronary artery disease, both in terms of anatomy and functional significance of the lesions, must be made widely available. With such new procedures and technologies the efficacy of new thera peutic procedures, the effects of vasodilating and constricting drugs, and the results of long-term studies on the regression and progression of atherosclerotic plaque can be determined in an objective and cost-effective manner.
Reviews
`...an important and stimulating volume for all interventional cardiologists, radiologists, and physicistst involved in interpretation, progress, and research in cardiac imaging.'
Radiology, Feb. 1988