Percutaneous Revascularization Techniques

Assembles the views of specialists from around the world on vascular interventional radiology, the use of which has exploded since the 1980s, but unfortunately without a rigorous scientific basis, without adequate comparison to more traditional therapies, and without any clearly defined improvement in final outcomes, but with a significant increase in health-cost expenditures. Among the topics of the 48 chapters are a surgeon's appraisal of the technique, intravascular ultrasound, and a five-year experience with the Rabkin nitinol coil stent. Well illustrated. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.