Grossman’s Cardiac Catheterization, Angiography, and Intervention, 6th ed

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Donald S. Baim; William Grossman, eds. 960 pp. Philadelphia, Pa: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2000. ISBN 0-683-30741-X Jeffrey W. Moses, MD Lenox Hill Heart and Vascular Institute New York, NY As the number of cardiac catheterizations proliferate and therapeutic invasive procedures performed in the cardiac catheterization laboratory grow in importance in the comprehensive care of cardiac and extracardiac vascular disease, the need for a catheterization “bible” grows greater. Cardiologists are becoming more rooted in angiography and are in danger of becoming, as one critic of invasive cardiologists called them, “photographers.” Data analysis has become increasingly automated, and image making and processing are now completely digitized; thus, the working cardiologist is confronted with few demands to directly interact with the creation of the data on which critical clinical decisions are made. This is particularly true for the “jack of all trades” cardiologist who renders comprehensive clinical care and visits the catheterization laboratory much like a surgeon using an operating suite. The sixth edition of Grossman’s Cardiac Catheterization effectively continues to fill the need for a comprehensive reference. This substantial text has 35 chapters divided into 8 sections with 32 authors. It spans the gamut from the history of catheterization and invasive principles to specific techniques and clinical integration. Unlike a typical multiauthored text, 22 of the 35 chapters …