Common Clinical Dilemmas in Percutaneous Coronary Interventio... - 9780367389468

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Common Clinical Dilemmas in Percutaneous Coronary InterventionsAuthor(s): Eulogio Martinez, Pedro A. Lemos, Andrew T.I. Ong, Patrick W. Serruys\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: CRC Press\nISBN-13: 9780367389468, 978-0367389468\nSynopsis\nCoronary stenting is the most commonly used method of myocardial revascularization, with approximately 2 million stents implanted in 2004 throughout the world. The development of drug eluting stents has resulted in very low rates of repeat intervention and will further increase the scope for percutaneous coronary intervention.\nThe evidence from large randomized trials is generally accepted to be the gold standard source of information for patient care in interventional cardiology. However, it is well recognized that information from these trials is frequently insufficient to guide the wide-ranging clinical situations found in routine practice. In this context, decision-making is often based on a compo.