High-yield imaging; interventional. (online access included).

9781416061601

High-yield imaging; interventional. (online access included)

Ed. by Charles T. Burke et al.

Elsevier Health Sciences

2010

555 pages

$199.00

Hardcover

RD33

This volume is a condensed and summarized version of the two-volume text, Image-Guided Interventions; High-Yield Imaging: Interventional and is intended as a convenient one-volume quick reference. Arrangement is in sections on vascular interventions, beginning with abdominal aortic aneurysm, and nonvascular interventions, beginning with percutaneous abscess drainage. Along with images, each chapter consists of bulleted information pertaining to indications and contraindications, equipment, anatomy and approach, technique, controversies, outcomes, complications, and postprocedural and follow-up care. Suggested readings are also included, for those who want more background or explanation. Four of the editors are affiliated with the U. of North Carolina School of Medicine; the three others are with, respectively, The Alfred Hospital (Australia), The George Washington U., and Kantonsspital Winterthur (Switzerland). Online access to the contents (plus updates and enhancements) is included with purchase.

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