Cineangiographic Imaging, Radiation Safety, and Contrast Agents Stephen Balter Mauro Moscucci Interventional cardiologists must have a sufficient working knowledge of radiation safety, the science of x-ray imaging, and the technology…
Cardiac Catheterization History and Current Practice Standards Mauro Moscuccia aWilliam Grossman and Donald Baim authored this chapter in previous editions and contributed much of the historical information and the overall…
Mesothelial and Other Less Common Cysts of the Mediastinum Gaetano Rocco Thomas W. Shields In addition to the previously described enterogenous and neuroenteric cysts (Chapters 201, 202 and 203), other…
Gastroenteric Cysts and Neurenteric Cysts in Infants and Children Alan P. Ladd Robert J. Touloukian Frederick J. Rescorla Jay L. Grosfeld Gastroenterogenous and neurenteric cysts are relatively rare mediastinal masses…
Foregut Cysts of the Mediastinum Pasquale Ferraro Jocelyne Martin André C. H. Duranceau Mediastinal cysts are common lesions encountered in children and adults. Most are congenital lesions, and they account…
Foregut Cysts of the Mediastinum in Infants and Children Anthony Chin Marleta Reynolds Bronchopulmonary foregut malformations, so named by Gerle11 in 1968, encompass a full spectrum of rare, benign congenital…
Mediastinal Parathyroid Tumors Raja R. Gopaldas David C. Rice Ann-Greth Bondeson Norman W. Thompson The parathyroid glands, discovered in 1880 by Ivar Sandstrom, a Swedish medical student, were the last…
Mesenchymal Tumors of the Mediastinum Thomas W. Shields Philip G. Robinson Primary benign and malignant mediastinal mesenchymal tumors are infrequent. Wychulis,235 Luosto,126 and Davis44 and their colleagues as well as…
Mediastinal Paragangliomas and Pheochromocytomas Raja R. Gopaldas David C. Rice Paraganglioma is a broad term generally used to describe a tumor that arises from chromaffin cells. Paragangliomas are rare tumors…
Benign and Malignant Neurogenic Tumors of the Mediastinum in Children and Adults Marleta Reynolds Thomas W. Shields Neurogenic Tumors in Infants and Children Neurogenic tumors occurring in the mediastinum, almost…
