Interventional Cardiology Handbook 2nd Ed.

Description:
This practical, pocket-sized handbook shows readers how to perform common therapeutic interventions. An easy-to-read outline format makes this complex subject easier to understand. An international team of specialists reviews traditional procedures as well as more specialised interventions, including laser angioplasty, atherectomy and stent implantation, discussing techniques, cautionary highpoints and outcomes. The 2nd Edition also offers coverage of peripheral vascular disease.

Table of Contents:
i. INTRODUCTION TO INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY Spencer B. King, III and Morton J. Kern 1 BASIC CORONARY BALLOON ANGIOPLASTY AND STENTING Morton Kern 2 ARTERIAL ACCESS AND HEMOSTASIS FOR INTERVNETIOANL PROCEDURES M. Rinder, M. Kern 3 ANGIOGRAPHY FOR INTERVNETIONAL PROCEDURES M. Kern, S. Khoukaz, S. Herrmann 4 COMPLICATIONS OF PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTIONS Glenn Levine, M. Kern 5 ANTITHROMBOTIC THERAPY Glenn Levine 6 NON BALLOON ANGIOPLASTY DEVICES Frank V. Aguirre 7 ESTENOSIS, BRACHYTHERAPY AND DRUG ELUTING STENTS Souheil Khoukaz, M. Kern 8 DIFFICULT ANGIOPLASTY SITUATIONS M. Rinder, M. Kern 9 HIGH-RISK ANGIOPLASTY Oscar Agiular, Glenn Levine 10 NON-ANGIOGRAPHIC LESSION ASSESSMENT: INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND AND CORONARY PHYSIOLOGY William Fearon, M. Kern 11 PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE Chris White 12 MITRAL AND AORTIC BALLOON VALULOPLASTY Ted Feldman 13 PERICARDIOCENTESIS Ted Feldman 14 TRANSLUMINAL ALCHOL SEPTAL ABLATION FOR HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY Carey Kimmelstein 15 ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT AND PATENT FORAMEN OVALE CLOSURE Z. Hijazi 16 INTERVENTIONS FOR FAILING HEMODIALYSIS VASCULAR ACCESS Steven J Bander, Suresh Margassery, Keven J. Martin 17 CEREBROVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS Camillo Gomez