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Die unterschiedlichen Systeme der mechanischen Herz-Kreislauf-Unterstützung zeichnen sich durch ihre Besonderheiten und Anwendungen aus. Im handlichen Taschenbuchformat stellt der in Zusammenarbeit mit der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Extrakorporale Zirkulation und Mechanische Kreislaufunterstützung entstandene Überblick den aktuellen Stand der Möglichkeiten vor. Die Themen Akuttherapie, Langzeitunterstützung und Kunstherzen werden in Wort und Bild erläutert. Nationale und internationale Ergebnisse der Anwendung der Systeme sind zusammengefasst dargestellt.

A definitive, comprehensive text on the technological developments and clinical applications of this critical subject matter. Written for the entire heart surgery team, this volume covers the physiology of cardiopulmonary bypass, mechanics and components of the heart-lung machine, the conduct of cardiopulmonary bypass in cardiac surgery, non-cardiac applications of cardiopulmonary bypass, and mechanical assistance of the failing heart and lung. The authors also give special consideration to such areas as blood conservation in cardiac surgery, religions objections to blood transfusions, medical-legal aspects and cardiopulmonary bypass, as well as warm blood cardioplegia and normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass.

Interventional cardiology is a creative, innovative, and rapidly advancing frontier of cardiology. There has been mind-boggling proliferation of tech­ nology in this field, the use of which requires extraordinary skills and know­ how. In order to keep pace with the innovative genius of interventional cardiologists, it is indeed desirable to have specialty issues updating us on technology-orientated therapeutic procedures. Contemporary interventional cardiology care is a highly specialized art, dependent on critical decision making, selection of the most appropriate inter­ ventional procedure, and the operator possessing extraordinary skills and compassion. This first volume of the new series, Supported Complex and High Risk Cor­ onary Angioplasty, attests to the preceding statement. Dr. Fayaz Shawl has mastered the procedure and has been very thoughtful and innovative in the clinical application of the percutaneous cardiopulmonary bypass support tech­ nique. This book provides to an interventionist the basic principles of car­ diopulmonary bypass, identification of the high risk coronary angioplasty patient, and other alternate support devices for myocardial protection. Dr. Shawl and his team of talented contributors are to be complimented for providing us with this impressive volume on high technology. There will be ongoing specialty issues in this series highlighting the devel­ opments, complications, and advances in interventional cardiology.