RT Book, Section
A1 Makower, Joshua
A1 Nayak, Asha
A1 Denend, Lyn
A2 Samady, Habib
A2 Fearon, William F.
A2 Yeung, Alan C.
A2 King III, Spencer B.
SR Print(0)
ID 1146607773
T1 Principles of Innovation: Transforming Clinical Needs into Viable Inventions
T2 Interventional Cardiology, 2e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071820363
LK accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1146607773
RD 2021/01/23
AB Nowhere  is  the  opportunity  to  innovate  as  inviting  as  in  the  field  of  medicine,  and  no  specialty  has  been  as  productive  in  the  development  of  new  technologies  as  cardiology.  Because  heart  disease  remains  the  most  common  cause  of  death  in  developed  economies  such  as  the  United  States  (and  is  a  growing  threat  in  middle  and  low-income  countries  around  the  world),  new  developments  in  cardiology  can  affect  an  especially  large  population  and  have  a  tremendous  impact.  Advances  in  our  understanding  of  human  physiology,  genetics,  and  molecular  biology  continue  to  define  the  fundamental  mechanisms  responsible  for  disease.  Through  these  insights,  we  gain  new  perspectives  and  tools  with  which  to  create  novel  solutions.  Regardless  of  the  specific  clinical  problem  to  be  solved,  a  common  innovation  process  can  be  applied.  It  is  this  basic  approach  for  creating  new  medical  technologies  that  we  hope  to  convey  within  this  chapter.