Ventricular Assist Devices in Advanced-Stage Heart Failure

From the reviews:

 

“The scope of this book encompasses the broad and interesting field of assist devices and their use in patients with advanced heart failure. … The book is written for practitioners in the field of ventricular assist devices and is useful for healthcare professionals involved in the care of these patients. … This is a compact overview of the dynamic field of ventricular assist devices.” (Michael Bates, Doody’s Book Reviews, February, 2014)

Kyo Shunei obtained PhD degree in the University of Tokyo Faculty of Medicine, Japan in 1974. Then he worked at Mitsui memorial Hospital as a Resident Surgery till 1980. After serving 2 years at the Department of Surgery of Harvard University as a Research Fellow, he joined the Department of Surgery of Saitama Medical School in 1982 as a lecturer, and promoted to an assistant Professor in 1993, then to a full Professor in 1997, respectively. He has leaded the team members of Department of Therapeutic Strategy for Heart Failure of the University of Tokyo as a Project Professor from 2009. Also, he joined the Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital and Institute of Gerontology as an assistant Director in 2011.