Left Ventricular Assist Devices, An Issue of Cardiology Clinics (Volume 29-4) (The Clinics: Internal Medicine, Volume 29-4) - Hardcover

Elefteriades MD, John A.; Botta MD, Donald M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1455710261 ISBN 13: 9781455710263

Verlag: Saunders, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

A left ventricular assist device (LVAD) is a surgically implanted pump that helps the left ventricle pump blood to the rest of the body. The purpose of this issue is to let cardiologists know about the latest devices, their complications, and the clinical situations in which they are most beneficial.

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John A. Elefteriades is the William W.L. Glenn Professor of Surgery at Yale University and the
Emeritus Director of the Aortic Institute at Yale New Haven Hospital. He is a past president of the
Connecticut Chapter of the American College of Cardiology and a member of the national Board
of Governors of the College. Dr. Elefteriades is also the past president of the International College of Angiology. He serves on the editorial board of the American Journal of Cardiology, the Journal of Cardiac Surgery, Cardiology, and the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, and he is the editor-in-chief of the journal AORTA. He has been a member of the Thoracic Surgery Director’s Association and has been named consistently in The Best Doctors in America. He is a frequently requested international lecturer, visiting professor, and guest surgeon. He has received the Walter Bleifeld Memorial Award for Distinguished Contribution in Clinical Research in Cardiology and the John B. Chang Research Achievement Award. In 2005, he was selected to lecture at the Leadership in Biomedicine Series at the Yale University School of Medicine. In 2006, he received the Socrates Award from the Thoracic Residents Association, the Thoracic Surgery Directors’ Association, and the Society
of Thoracic Surgeons, recognizing exceptional achievement in teaching and mentoring residents. In 2017, Dr. Elefteriades was awarded an honorary PhD from the University of Liege (Belgium) in recognition of his work in the diagnosis and treatment of aortic diseases. In 2020, Dr. Elefteriades was recognized by Expertscape as the top aortic specialist in the world.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Saunders
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1455710261
• ISBN 13: 9781455710263
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 1
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