Published February, 2009
By Sumaira Macdonald and Gerald Stansby
Publisher: Springer (Springer London Ltd)
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Several sizeable multicentre trials are running concurrently, which are comparing carotid endarterectomy (CEA), the "gold standard," with the less invasive alternative, carotid stenting (CAS) for low-risk patients with symptomatic carotid stenoses who are considered to be surgical candidates.

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Published February, 2009
By Monique Ernst and Judith M. Rumsey
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Modern neuroimaging offers tremendous opportunities for gaining insights into normative development and a wide array of developmental neuropsychiatric disorders. This book is unique in its focus on ontogeny, covering basic processes involved in healthy and atypical maturation, and also addressing the range of neuroimaging techniques widely used for studying children.

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Published February, 2009
By John D. Pickard, Nejat Akalan, Concezio Di Rocco, Vinko V. Dolenc, J. Lobo Antunes, Johannes Schramm, Marc P. Sindou, J.J.A. Mooij and Marc Sindou
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag GmbH)
Series: Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery
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Published February, 2009
By H.S. Thomsen and Judith A. W. Webb
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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This revised edition of Contrast Media: Safety Issues and Guidelines, updates the successful first edition and contains new chapters. It provides an invaluable, unique and unparalleled source of information on the safety issues relating to contrast media.

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Published February, 2009
By Rakesh R. Misra, Gabriel Conder, John Rendle and Sarah Kidd
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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A concise, easily accessible radiological guide to the imaging of the common disorders of the abdomen and pelvis. An introductory section reviews the relevant radiological anatomy of the abdomen and pelvis, and is followed by over 80 abdominal disorders, each listing characteristics, clinical features, radiological features and clinical management.

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Published February, 2009
By Andy Bodenham, Helen Hamilton and H Hamilton
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (John Wiley & Sons Inc)
Series: Wiley Series in Nursing
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The author addresses the different stages a patient may experience prior to receiving a VAD (Ventricular Assist Device, beginning with the various reasons for gaining venous access and specific challenges this may present e.g. age, acute and chronic disease processes, anatomical anomalies and cosmetic issues.

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Published February, 2009
By Stefan Hahnel and Michael Knauth
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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This illustrated book provides a thorough overview of inflammatory brain diseases from a neuroradiological viewpoint. It encompasses both infectious (e.g., viral encephalitis and pyogenic brain abscess) and non-infectious (e.g., multiple sclerosis) diseases.

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Published February, 2009
By Sylvia H. Heywang-Kobrunner
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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Published January, 2009
By Stephen Hiscox, Julia Gee and Robert I. Nicholson
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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One of the main causes of failure in the treatment of breast cancer is the intrinsic presence of, or development of, drug resistance by the cancer cells.

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Published January, 2009
By Henry N. Wagner
Publisher: Springer (Springer London Ltd)
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This book describes what molecular imaging is, how it developed, what are its basic principles, and what it has told us and can tell us about the chemistry of the human brain.

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