DESCRIPTION:
World-wide there are increasing numbers of patients suffering with coronary artery disease. The range of treatments available for this group of patients includes the latest developments in interventional cardiology, a rapidly expanding field which is overtaking more traditional approaches. Stents, percutaneous coronary intervention, new developments in cardiac imaging, are among the topics discussed, alongside drug eluting stents and other pharmacological issues. The Year in Interventional Cardiology presents the latest developments in the field through the medium of review of the most significant papers published in the previous twelve months"" peer-reviewed journals. Every physician concerned with heart disease will find this a very useful overview.