A Companion to Reconstruction Presidents presents a series of original essays that explore a variety of important issues, themes, and debates associated with the presidencies of Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, and Rutherford B. Hayes. * Represents the first comprehensive look at the presidencies of Johnson, Grant, and Hayes in one volume * Features contributions from top historians and presidential scholars * Approaches the study of these presidents from a historiographical perspective * Key topics include each president s political career; foreign policy; domestic policy; military history; and social context of their terms in office

Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty is presently the widest used non-surgi cal method for the treatment of stenotic lesions in coronary artery disease. Continuous development of the procedure and equipment has made complex and multi-vessel-inter ventions possible and has led to other techniques of intravascular angioplasty. In reviewing current results, this volume pays particular attention to causes, incidence, circumstances, recognition, treatment and outcome of complications of PTCA; it also considers restenosis, which still occurs at an unsatisfactory high rate after primarily successful procedures. To deal with these topics, experts on PTCA met to discuss their experiences and insights into peculiar aspects of complications in PTCA. The discussion was subdivided into: Recognition of complications; Complications in new interventional techniques; Management of complications; and Restenosis after angioplasty. The question of whether angiographic and pathological characteristics of sclerotic lesions allow the identification of complication-prone lesions in advance is discussed in the first chapter. One paper deals with the state of the art of digital cardiac imaging, which enables the operator to have an early knowledge of and adequate reaction to possible complications occurring during angioplasty. Special attention is directed to the so-called "high-risk"-PTCA, detailing the clinical variables, in order to have better knowledge about patients with a higher probability of unsuccessful or complicated procedures.

Schnell und sicher die richtigen diagnostischen und therapeutischen Entscheidungen in der Inneren Medizin treffen das ist das Ziel dieses Buches, das sich an Arzte in Krankenhausern der Grund- und Regelversorgung richtet. Arzte in spezialisierten Zentren hingegen finden Antworten auf internistische Fragestellungen ausserhalb ihres eigenen Schwerpunktgebietes. Alle Kapitel geschrieben von den Arzten einer Abteilung fur Innere Medizin beziehen sich selbstverstandlich durchgangig auf Evidenz-basierte Leitlinien deutscher, europaischer und amerikanischer Fachgesellschaften.

Das Buch ist fur alle diejenigen gedacht, die Innere Medizin bereits "konnen," die aber in den angebotenen Algorithmen und Checklisten noch einmal nachschlagen mochten, ob sie auch alles bedacht haben. Es bietet professionelle Rundum-Information mit dem Ziel, bestmogliche Untersuchungs- und Behandlungsergebnisse zu erreichen.