Overview
- Provides a clear and comprehensive review of the principles of coronary physiology
- Gives a detailed description of available techniques for physiological assessment of coronary circulation in the cathlab
- Addresses the needs of clinicians and researchers working in the field of coronary artery disease
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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The Physiology of the Coronary Circulation
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Pathological Changes in the Coronary Circulation
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The Epicardial Vessels and the Coronary Microcirculation in Different Pathologies
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Coronary Flow Reserve
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Indices of Coronary Resistance
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Javier Escaned MD PhD FESC is Head of Section (Interventional Cardiology) at Hospital Clinico
San Carlos, and Associate Professor of Medicine at Complutense University (Madrid, Spain). He
trained as a cardiologist the United Kingdom (Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Birmingham
and Walsgrave Hospital, Coventry) before moving to the Thoraxcenter / Rotterdam (The
Netherlands), where he obtained his PhD degree in 1994. He is author of more than 250 scientific
articles, books and book chapters on different aspects of interventional cardiology, imaging and
physiology. He is co-editor with Patrick Serruys of the textbook “Coronary Stenosis. Imaging,
Structure and Physiology”, whose new edition was launched in May 2015. Current positions in
scientific societies include: board member (treasurer) of European Association of Percutaneous
Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI), nucleus member of the ESC Working Group on
Pathophysiology and Microcirculation, and co-director of EuroPCR. In 2014 he served as director of
the ESC International Summit on Coronary Microcirculation and Heart Disease. Recent or on-going
international multicentre trials in which he has a principal investigator role include: ADVISE II,
SYNTAX II, PILOT SECRET, SHEAR STENT and DEFINE-FLAIR. Some of his additional
interests are philosophy, education and music.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Physiological Assessment of Coronary Stenoses and the Microcirculation
Editors: Javier Escaned, Justin Davies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5245-3
Publisher: Springer London
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-5244-6Published: 29 August 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-7379-3Published: 03 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4471-5245-3Published: 10 August 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 313
Number of Illustrations: 27 b/w illustrations, 131 illustrations in colour
Topics: Cardiology, Imaging / Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology, Interventional Radiology