1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910819183903321

Titolo

Carotid artery stenting : current practice and techniques / / editors, Nadim Al-Mubarak [and three others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia : , : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, , [2004]

©2004

ISBN

1-4511-6204-9

1-4698-7674-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (347 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Altri autori (Persone)

Al-MubarakNadim

Disciplina

617.4/13

Soggetti

Carotid artery - Surgery

Stents (Surgery)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Obstructive carotid artery disease and evidence-based benefits of revascularization / Alfredo M. Lopez-Yunez and Jose Biller -- Historical background: 25 years of endovascular therapy for obstructive carotid artery disease / Klaus Mathias -- Evidence-based efficacy in preventing stroke / Sumaira Macdonald, Trevor J. Cleveland, and Peter A. Gaines -- The global carotid artery stent registry / Michael H. Wholey, Nadim Al-Mubarak, Mark H. Wholey -- Current indications of carotid artery stenting / Nadim Al-Mubarak and Gary S. Roubin -- Recurrent stenosis following carotid endarterectomy / Nadim Al-Mubarak and Gary S. Roubin -- The role of multispecialty groups in carotid artery stenting / Michael H. Wholey -- Basic angiographic anatomy of the brachiocephalic vasculature / Nadim Al-Mubarak and Jiri J. Vitek -- Carotid artery access techniques / Nadim Al-Mubarak ... [et. al] -- Procedural techniques / Sriram S. Iyer ... [et. al] -- The direct cervical carotid artery approach / Edward B. Diethrich -- Procedural complications / Nadim Al-Mubarak -- The risk of embolization during carotid stenting and the concept of anti-embolization / Takao Ohki -- Microembolization during carotid artery stenting / Nadim Al-Mubarak -- Carotid artery stenting with the distal occlusion anti-embolization system / Michel Henry [et. al] -- Intravascular filter anti-embolization systems / Goran Stankovic and Antonio Colombo -- The proximal



balloon catheter: the parodi anti-emboli system / Mark C. Bates and Juan Carlos Parodi -- Anti-embolizaton protection: illustrative cases and technical pearls / Francesco Liistro and Antonio Colombo -- Restenosis following carotid artery stenting / Fayaz Shawl -- Limitations of current equipment and the future carotid artery stenting device / Horst Sievert and Kasja Rabe -- Elective angioplasty and stenting for intracranial atherosclerotic stenoses / H. Christian Schumacher [et. al] -- Current status of clinical trials and implication of anti-emboli protection / Brajesh K. Lal and Robert W. Hobson II -- Statistical and experimental design issues in the evaluation of carotid artery stenting / George Howard, Brent J. Shelton, and Virginia J. Howard -- Clinical investigations and protocols / Christina M. Brennan, Pallavi Kumar, and Gary S. Roubin.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910966168503321

Autore

Felber Ron

Titolo

Presidential lessons in leadership : what executives (and everybody else) can learn from six great American presidents / / Ron Felber

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD, : Hamilton Books, c2011

ISBN

0-7618-8572-2

1-282-99184-1

9786612991844

0-7618-5353-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Disciplina

658.4092

973.920922

Soggetti

Leadership

Presidents - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction: Presidential Lessons in Leadership; Chapter I. The Big Mistake: Substituting Management for Leadership; Chapter II. Abraham Lincoln: U.S. President, 1861-1865; Chapter III. John F. Kennedy: U.S. President, 1961-1963; Chapter IV. George Washington:



U.S President, 1789-1797; Chapter V. Franklin D. Roosevelt: U.S. President, 1933-1945; Chapter VI. Theodore Roosevelt: U.S. President, 1901-1909; Chapter VII. Ronald Reagan: U.S. President, 1981-1989; Chapter VIII. The Transformation: From Fearful Manager to Indomitable Leader; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book crystallizes the methods of leadership from America's greatest presidents during moments of personal challenge and turns them into concrete lessons that business leaders, and anyone interested in becoming a more effective leader, can use daily. The presidents include Lincoln, Kennedy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Teddy Roosevelt, and Reagan.