Percutaneous Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases in Women

This book describes a wide range of interventional procedures currently employed in the treatment of cardiac diseases in women with the aim of enabling not only interventional cardiologists but also cardiologists and cardiac surgeons to refine their approach to female patients and thus improve outco...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Presbitero, Patrizia (Editor), Mehilli, Julinda (Editor), Petronio, Anna Sonia (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2017, 2017
Edition:1st ed. 2017
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Women and invasive diagnostic procedures
  • 2. Intracoronary imaging and intracoronary functional tests
  • 3. Interventional treatment of stable coronary artery disease in women
  • 4. Interventional treatment of Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS): non-ST-elevation ACS (NSTE-ACS)
  • 5. Interventional treatment of acute coronary syndrome: ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
  • 6. Peri- and Post-procedural Antithrombotic Therapy in Women
  • 7. Aortic valve valvuloplasty
  • 8. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation
  • 9. Mitral valvuloplasty for mitral stenosis
  • 10.Treatment of mitral regurgitation
  • 11. Surgical and percutaneous treatment of tricuspid valve
  • 12. Left atrial appendage closure
  • 13. Closure of atrial septal defect and patent foramen ovale
  • 14. Ablation of atrial fibrillation in women
  • 15. Biventricular pacing in women for heart failure
  • 16. Thoracic and abdominal aorta percutaneous treatment
  • 17. Treatment of peripheralarteriopathy in women
  • 18. Gender Differences in Carotid Artery Stenting
  • 19. Percutaneous treatment during pregnancy
  • 20. Left ventricular assist devices.