Interventional cardiology: principles and practice

This new volume offers a balanced and current presentation of the key topics that form the cornerstone of an Interventional Cardiology training program. Globally recognized editors and contributors draw on their years of experience to provide practical information emphasizing the basics of material selection and optimal angiographic setup for purposes of the interventional procedure. Comprehensive chapters address the different techniques of approaching complex coronary lesions such as chronic occlusions, bifurcations, and unprotected left main lesions. To reinforce the text, an accompanying DVD presents 33 clinical cases to guide readers through the most common challenges which interventionalists face.

Machine derived contents note: Contributors. -- Acknowledgements. -- Foreword. -- Preface. -- Part I Principles and Techniques. -- 1 Interventional Cardiology Training (Carlo Di Mario and Joseph Babb). -- 2 Atherogenesis and Inflammation (Giuseppe Sangiorgi, Alessandro Mauriello, Santi Trimarchi, Elena Bonanno, and Luigi Giusto Spagnoli). -- 3 The Essentials of Vascular Access andClosure (Ted Feldman and Gerald Yong). -- 4 Optimal Angiographic Views for Coronary Angioplasty (Carl Schultz and Carlo Di Mario). -- 5 Material Selection (Carl Schultz, Rohit Khurana, and Carlo Di Mario). -- 6 Physiologic Assessment in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory (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 (Nusca Annunziata and Germano Di Sciascio). -- 9 Heparin, LMWH, GIIb/IIIa, and Direct Thrombin Inhibitors (George D. Dangas). -- Part III Complementary Imaging Techniques. -- 10 Intravascular Ultrasound: Principles, Image Interpretation, and Clinical Applications (Adriano Caixeta, Akiko Maehara, and Gary S. M…