Structural Heart Cases: A Color Atlas of Pearls and Pitfalls

By Paul Sorajja, MD

ISBN: 9780323546959

Pub Date: 12 Jun 2018

Reviewed by: Zachary Dowdy, MD (Ochsner Clinic Foundation)

Description

This book on transcatheter techniques for treating patients with structural heart disease is unique in that it is case based and succinct. An enhanced digital version is included.

Purpose

The purpose is to describe transcatheter techniques for structural heart disease, a worthy objective in this rapidly evolving field. This book is needed to stay up-to-date with such techniques. The print and online versions go hand-in-hand and reinforce the material.

Audience

It is written for practitioners, specifically cardiologists and interventional cardiologists. The book meets the needs of its intended audience. The author is a cardiologist and researcher in his field.

Features

The book covers transcatheter techniques to treat structural heart disease, including valvular heart disease, cardiomyopathy, and congenital disease. It describes techniques that are unique as well as techniques that serve as a foundation for understanding other methods. The glossy pages are glossy display the images clearly.

Assessment

The quality of this book and the accompanying website is excellent. This is an essential addition to the library of interventional cardiologists. It is a welcome book for the way it describes complex methods succinctly in a way that is easy to understand.

Doody’s Review Service Weighted Numerical Score: 98 – 5 Stars!