Main description:

This new volume offers a balanced and current presentation of thekey topics that form the cornerstone of an InterventionalCardiology training program.

Globally recognized editors and contributors draw on their yearsof experience to provide practical information emphasizing thebasics of material selection and optimal angiographic setup forpurposes of the interventional procedure. Comprehensive chaptersaddress the different techniques of approaching complex coronarylesions such as chronic occlusions, bifurcations, and unprotectedleft main lesions.

Contents:

Contributors.

Acknowledgements.

Forewords.

Preface.

Part I Principles and Techniques.

1 Interventional Cardiology Training (Carlo Di Mario andJoseph Babb).

2 Atherogenesis and Inflammation (Giuseppe Sangiorgi,Alessandro Mauriello, Santi Trimarchi, Elena Bonanno, andLuigi Giusto Spagnoli).

3 The Essentials of Vascular Access and Closure (TedFeldman and Gerald Yong).

4 Optimal Angiographic Views for Coronary Angioplasty (CarlSchultz and Carlo Di Mario).

5 Material Selection (Carl Schultz, Rohit Khurana, and CarloDi Mario).

6 Physiologic Assessment in the Cardiac CatheterizationLaboratory (Narbeh Melikian and Martyn R. Thomas).

7 Quantitative Coronary and Vascular Angiography (Joan C.Tuinenburg, Gerhard Koning, and Johan H.C. Reiber).

Part II Interventional Pharmacology.

8 Oral Antiplatelet Agents in PCI (Germano DiSciascio).

9 Heparin, LMWH, GIIb/IIIa, and Direct Thrombin Inhibitors(Eric Heller and George D. Dangas).

Part III Complementary Imaging Techniques.

10 Intravascular Ultrasound: Principles, Image Interpretation,and Clinical Applications (Adriano Caixeta, Akiko Maehara,and Gary S. Mintz).

11 Principles of Intra–coronary Optical Coherence Tomography(Peter Barlis, Jun Tanigawa, Patrick W. Serruys and EvelynRegar).

12 Multislice Computed Tomography of Coronary Arteries(Francesca Pugliese and Pim J. de Feyter).

13 Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Amgad N. Makaryus andSteven D. Wolff).

Part IV Indications in Acute and Chronic Syndromes.

14 Stable Angina (Abhiram Prasad and Bernard J.Gersh).

15 Indications in Acute Coronary Syndromes Without ST Elevation(NSTE–ACS) (Christian W. Hamm and Albrecht Elsaesser).

16 Primary and Rescue PCI in Acute Myocardial Infarction(Neil Swanson and Anthony Gershlick).

Part V Approaching Complex Coronary Interventions.

17 Chronic Total Coronary Occlusion (Gerald S.Werner).

18 Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Unprotected Left Main(Alaide Chieffo, Valeria Magni, and AntonioColombo).

19 Bifurcation Lesions (Leif Thuesen).

20 Approach to Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease (Bryan P.Yan, Andrew E. Ajani, and David J. Clark).

Part VI Interventional Techniques.

21 Rotational Atherectomy (Saidi A. Mohiddin and Martin T.Rothman).

22 Thrombectomy and Embolic Protection (William van Gaal andAdrian Banning).

23 Carotid Artery Angioplasty and Stenting (AlbertoCremonesi, Shane Gieowarsingh, Estêvão C. deCampos Martins, and Fausto Castriota).

24 Aortic Valve Disease Interventions (Srinivas Iyengar andMartin B. Leon).

25 Transseptal Puncture (Alec Vahanian, Dominique Himbert,and Eric Brochet).

26 Alcohol Septal Ablation for Hypertrophic ObstructiveCardiomyopathy (Amir–Ali Fassa and Ulrich Sigwart).

27 Cell Therapy (Zoë Astroulakis, Alex Sirker, andJonathan M. Hill).

Part VII Complications.

28 No Reflow (Azeem Latib and Flavio Airoldi).

29 The Management of Cardiogenic Shock (John Edmond andAndreas Baumbach).

30 In–stent Restenosis in the DES Era (Jiro Aoki, AdrianoCaixeta, George Dangas, and Roxana Mehran).

31 Renal Insufficiency and the Impact of Contrast Agents(Carlo Briguori).

32 Coronary Artery Dissections and Perforations (AdrianoCaixeta, Eugenia Nikolsky, Alexandra J. Lansky, RoxanaMehran, and George Dangas).

Part VIII Clinical Trials.

33 Statistical Essentials in the Design and Analysis of ClinicalTrials (Stuart J. Pocock).

34 Sirolimus and Paclitaxel Eluting Stent Clinical Studies(Ajay J. Kirtane, Adriano Caixeta, PhilippeGénéreux, Rikesh Patel, Jeffrey W. Moses).

35 Zotarolimus Eluting Stent Clinical Studies (William Wijnsand Marco Valgimigli).

36 Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stents: Clinical Trials(Neville Kukreja, Yoshinobu Onuma, and Patrick W.Serruys).

37 Novel Drug Eluting Stent Systems (Adriano Caixeta, GeorgeDangas, Martin B. Leon, and Alexandre Abizaid).

38 Illustrative Cases (Francesca Del Furia, GiuseppeFerrante, Pawel Tyczynski, and Carlo Di Mario).

Index.