ABC OF
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY
Edited by Ever D Grech
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ABC OF INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY
For Lisa, Alexander, and Frances
ABC OF INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY
Edited by EVER D GRECH Consultant Cardiologist, South Yorkshire Cardiothoracic Centre, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, UK
© BMJ Publishing Group 2004
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording and/or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publishers. First published in 2004 by BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, BMA House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9JR www.bmjbooks.com British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 0 7279 1546 0
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Contents Contributors
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Preface
vii
Acknowledgements
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