- Details radioguided surgical procedures for diverse malignancies
- Covers new technical developments and translation into clinical practice
- Includes sample cases and videos of techniques
- Written by imaging specialists and clinicians
This book offers a comprehensive overview of the state of the art in the practice of radioguided surgery.
The opening section is devoted to the basic physics principles for detection and imaging, radiation detection device technology, principles of surgical navigation, radionuclides and radiopharmaceuticals, and radiation safety. A series of chapters then address the clinical application of radioguided surgery for a variety of malignancies, including breast cancer, melanoma and other cutaneous malignancies, gynecologic malignancies, head and neck malignancies, thyroid cancer, urologic malignancies, colon cancer, gastroesophageal cancer, lung cancer, bone tumors, parathyroid adenomas, and neuroendocrine tumors. For each application, the recommended methodological approaches are discussed and the available cumulative clinical experiences of investigators from across the globe are reviewed.
A conscious effort is made to highlight recent developments and innovative multidisciplinary approaches within each clinical area. Interesting issues and novel approaches are further explored through a collection of selected case reports at the end of the book. The contributing authors are all experts in their own fields, ensuring that the book will hold wide appeal for surgeons, surgical technologists, nuclear medicine physicians, nuclear medicine technologists, and various trainees.
ContentsPART I CURRENT HEART FAILURE THERAPIES
- 1 Therapies in heart failure, tomorrow may be too late
- 2 Atrial fibrillation, heart failure and the autonomic nervous system
- 3 Current therapies for ventricular tachycardia
- Are there autonomic implications of the arrhythmogenic substrate?
PART II THE AUTONOMIC REGULATION AND DIS-REGULATION OF THE HEART: PATHOPHYSIOLOGY IN HEART FAILURE
- 4 "The autonomic Nervous system symphony orchestra": Pathophysiology of Autonomic Nervous system and Analysis of Activity Frequences
- 5 Autonomic pathophysiology after myocardial infarction falling into heart failure
- 6 Cardiovascular serenade: listening to the heart
- 7 Whispering during sleep: autonomic signalling during sleep, sleep apnoea and sudden death
- 8 Cerebral aging: Implications for the autonomic nervous system regulation
PART III MODULATION OF AUTONOMIC FUNCTION IN HEART FAILURE
- 9 The autonomic cardiorenal cross-talk: pathophysiology and implications for heart failure management
- 10 Vagal Stimulation in Heart failure: an antiinflammatory intervention?
- 11 Baroreflex activation therapy in heart failure
- 12 Renal reflexes and denervation in heart failure
- 13 Conclusions: back to the future
