Non-Pushing PCI Techniques

This book provides an in-depth review of non-pushing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). With abundant, clear figures, the chapters logically describe retrograde wiring techniques, including the stenting of bifurcation lesions, right coronary artery ostial lesions, and left main trunk (LMT) lesions, and then go on to illustrate Mitsudo's non-pushing PCI techniques. Short columns between chapters offer tips and tricks to help readers gain a better understanding. Given its scope, this book is not only a valuable resource for by coronary interventionalists dealing with PCI for complex lesions including chronic total occlusion (CTO), but also serves as a practical and informative for cardiologists.

Part I Mitsudo's PCI techniques for CTO -- 1 Approach (Puncture site) -- 2 Sheath -- 3 Guiding catheter -- 4 Column (1): Guide wire cannulation and buddy wire technique -- 5 Column (2): Coronary arteries with an anomalous origin -- 6 Anticoagulation strategy -- 7 Fluoroscopy and imaging strategy -- 8 Column (3): Fluoroscopy (imaging) angle and detector surface -- 9 Column (4): Rotational angiography -- 10 Antegrade approach -- 11 Column (5): Advancing the guide wire and relationship with tissue hardness -- 12 Column (6): Mechanisms of guide wire penetration -- 13 Column (7): Selection and rationale -- Part I -- 14 Retrograde approach -- 15 Column (8): Sion guide wire -- 16 Column (9): Techniques for RCA segments 2-3 -- 17 Column (10): Selection and rationale -- Part I -- 18 Antegrade approach revisited -- 19 Column (11): Distal protection method -- 20 Trouble shooting -- Part II Stenting of bifurcation lesions -- 21 Stent design, stent placement, and placement technique -- 22 Dedicated stent for bifurcation lesions -- 23 Generic stent design optimized for bifurcation lesions -- 24 Column (13): Good fracture and bad fracture -- 25 Optimized stent placement technique for bifurcation…