Textbook of Catheter-Based Cardiovascular Interventions Peter Lanzer Editor Textbook of Catheter-Based Cardiovascular Interventions

A Knowledge-Based Approach

Second Edition Editor Peter Lanzer Middle German Heart Center and Health Care Center Bitterfeld-Wolfen, gGmbH Bitterfeld-Wolfen Germany

First edition published 2013 with the title “Catheter-Based Cardiovascular Interventions; Knowledge-Based Approach”

ISBN 978-3-319-55993-3 ISBN 978-3-319-55994-0 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55994-0

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Four years have passed since the first edi- tics are covered in the second section, fol- tion of the Catheter-Based Cardiovascular lowed by a section on interventional access Interventions went to press. Based on and hemostasis. In subsequent sections, Springer statistics, the Textbook was a suc- the state of the art of interventional pro- cess, holding stably in the upper ranks of cedures is exposed in detail, allowing both the Springer bestseller lists. The main experts and less advanced operators easy incentives for this early second edition access to both knowledge-that (theory) and were the dramatic new developments and knowledge-how (practice) in each of the amazing progress in catheter-based cardio- cardiovascular fields of expertise. In the vascular interventions in this brief span of final section of the Textbook, a historical time. The number of cardiovascular inter- review of interventional cardiology, interventions continues to grow; nearly astro- ventional radiology, and interventional nomical numbers of interventions are neuro-radiology is covered. performed worldwide today. Yet, besides simple multiplications of numbers, numer- To keep up with the pace of progress the ous other important changes have also vast majority of chapters have been written transpired. While even 4 years ago the field anew by established and emerging leaders was still dominated by largely vascular in their respective domains of expertise. interventions, the pendulum has now moved toward new targets and frontiers The wide spectrum of interventional allowing minimally invasive management treatments and required specific demands of a steadily growing number of increas- stresses the need for complementarity of ingly complex cardiovascular disorders. expertise. Clearly, the ultimate arbiters Besides broadening of the spectrum the of success