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Preface I. Introduction 1. Urological Stents: Material, Mechanical and Functional Classification 2. Evaluating New Medical Technologies: Issues and Opportunities II. History of Stents 3. History of Ureteral and Urethral Stenting 4. The Double-J: Then and Now 5. History of Wallstent 6. From Prostakath to Memokath 7. History of UroCoil and ProstaCoil 8. History and Status of Bioabsorbable and Biodegradable Materials in Urology 9. Radiation Protection of Patients and Personnel During Urological Stenting III. Stent Materials 10. Characteristics of Materials Used in Implants: Metals 11. Characteristics of Materials Used in Implants: Polymers 12. Bioabsorbable Materials in Urology IV. Evaluation of Stents 13. Methods of Testing the Biocompatibility of Implantable Medical Devices 14. Elasticity of Radiopaque Ureteral Stents V. Infection and Encrustations on Stents 15. Surface Modification of Polymeric and Metal Stents Coming Into Contact with Blood or Urine 16. Encrustation and Microbial Adhesion on Stents: Current Understanding of Biofilm 17. Bacterial Adherence to Hydrophilic-coated Polymer Stents 18. Bacterial Adhesion to Biogradable Stents 19. Urinary Tract Infection in Patients with Urethral Stents 20. How to Prevent Encrustations on Metallic Stents VI. Ureteral Stents: Urological Diseases 21. Optimal Management of the Obstructed Kidney 22. Double-J (JJ) Stents Versus Nephrostomy Tube Drainage 23. Tricks for Stenting the Obstructed Ureter 24. Non-refluxing Ureteral Stents 25. Use of Pyelo-ureteral DD Stents in Children 26. Design Faults in Currently Available Ureteric Stents 27. Minimally Invasive Ureteric Stent Retrieval 28. Endo-urological Evaluation and Management of the 'Forgotten' Indwelling Ureteral Stent 29. UPJ Stenosis: Is Surgery Better Than the Endoscopic Approach? 30. Stenting After Antegrade and Retrograde Endopyelotomy 31. Stenting After Endopyelotomy in Children 32. ESWL: To Stent or Not To Stent? 33. Uretero-intestinal Stricture Stenting 34. Metallic Stents in the Management of Ureteric Obstruction 35. A Stent/Nephrostome for the Management of Post-renal Transplantation Complications. 36. Recanalization of Metal Ureteral Stents Obliterated by Proliferative Tissue 37. Patient Information About Ureteric Stents: Development of A Validated Booklet VII: Ureteral Stents: Non-urological Diseases 38. Temporary Ureteral Stenting for the Management of Symptomatic Hydronephrosis During Pregnancy 39. Stenting in Benign Gynaecology and Gynaecological Oncology 40. Endo-urological Management of Iatrogenic Ureteral Injuries 41. Reinforced Endo-ureteral Stent in Tumour-induced Hydronephrosis 42. Double-pigtail Stent with Radiopaque Removable Sheath 43. Use of Self-expanding Metal Stents in Ureteral Obstruction Due to Malignant Pelvic Disease VIII: Prostatic Stents in Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia 44. The Memokath Thermoexpandable Prostate Stent 45. Intra-urethral Catheter (IUC) in the Treatment of Prostatic Obstruction 46. Clinical and Cost Comparison of Long-term Catheterization and Memokath Prostatic Stenting 47. ProstaCoil in Non-surgical Management of BPH 48. Urolume Stents in the Management of Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy 49. Urolume Endoprosthesis as an Alternative Treatment of BPH in Inoperable Patients 50. Anatomical Limitations of the Prostatic Urethra in Using Cylindrical Stents 51. Is There a Role for Permanent Stents in the Treatment of BPH? 52. Temporary Prostatic Stenting Using the Barnes Stent 53. Role of Temporary Stents After Minimally Invasive Treatments for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia 54. Use of Biodegradable Stents After Visual Laser Ablation of the Prostate IX. Prostatic Stents in Prostate Cancer 55. Relief of Bladder Outlet Obstruction Caused by Prostate Cancer Using a Long-term Intra-urethral Stent (ProstaCoil) 56. Permanent Prostatic Stent in the Management of Obstructive Prostate Cancer in High-risk Patients 57. External Irradiation for Prostate Cancer in Patients with Urethral Stents X. Stents in Urethral Strictures 58. Stenting After Urethral Surgery 59. Appropriate Stenting in Hypospadias Surgery 60. How Do Temporary Urethral Stents Work in Recurrent Urethral Strictures? 61. Long-term Results of Urolume Stents in Recurrent Urethral Strictures 62. Role of Permanent Stents in the Management of Complex Urethral Strictures 63. Treatment of Recurrent Anastomotic Stenoses After Radical Prostatectomy or Radical Cystoprostatectomy and Orthotopic Bladder Replacement with Temporary Stents 64. Histological Changes Associated with Stenting the Urinary Tract XI. Stents in Detrusor-Sphincter Dyssnergia 65. Memokath Stent in the Treatment of Detrusor External Sphincter Dyssynergia Following Spinal Cord Injury 66. Complications Related to Sphincter Stents Used for the Management of Detrusor-sphincter Dyssynergia XII. Vascular Stents 67. Metal Stents for the Treatment of Atherosclerotic Renovascular Disease 68. Indications for Stent Placement in Haemodialysis Fistulas and Grafts 69. Stent Grafts in Endovascular Management of Iliofemoral Venous Occlusions Caused by Urologic Pelvic Malignancies XIII. The Future 70. Extra-anatomical Urinary Diversion 71. Polymeric Endoluminal Paving: local Endo-urological Polymer Systems for Support, Barrier Creation and Site-specific Drug Delivery

The International Society for Arterial Chemoreception (ISAC) was founded in August 1988 during the 9th International Symposium on Arterial Chemoreception which was held at Park City, Utah, USA. ISAC was established with the aim of providing a framework to support the increasing number of investigators from a wide variety of disciplines (anatomists, pathologists, respiratory physiologists and clinicians, high altitude physiologists, biochemists, biophysicists, physiologists and pharmacologists) who share a common interest in arterial chemoreception. ISAC took over the co-ordination of the international chemoreceptor meetings, with the membership deciding the venue for forthcoming meetings. During the Park City symposium Dublin was selected to host the 1993 meeting, under the Presidency of Professor Ronan O'Regan. The 12th International Meeting on Arterial Chemoreception, which was held in Dublin in August 1993, was acclaimed as a great success by all those present. The delegates not only shared in a wide-ranging feast of chemoreceptor based science, they had plenty of opportunity during the meeting for renewing acquaintances and establishing new friendships. The location for the meeting at University College Dublin's modem Belfield campus helped to promote such interaction, and the social programme was outstanding.

A sound knowledge of cardiovascular physiology is fundamental to understanding cardiovascular disease, exercise performance and may other aspects of human physiology. Cardiovascular physiology is a major component of all undergraduate courses in physiology, biomedical science and medicine, and this popular introduction to the subject is intended primarily for these students. A key feature of this sixth edition is how state-of-the-art technology is applied to understanding cardiovascular function in health and disease. Thus the text is also well suited to graduate study programmes in medicine and physiological sciences.