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.

Translated from the Japanese.

1.6.5 Microcatheter.

Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Contributors -- List of Columns -- 1: Mitsudo's PCI Techniques for CTO -- 1.1 Approach (Puncture Site) -- 1.1.1 Selection of the Approach -- 1.1.1.1 Guiding Catheter Size -- 1.1.1.2 Fluoroscopic Angles for Biplane Cineangiography and Puncture Sites -- 1.1.1.3 Influence of Severe Tortuosity and/or Stenosis -- 1.2 Sheath -- 1.3 Guiding Catheter -- 1.3.1 Selection of the Guiding Catheter -- 1.3.1.1 Amplatz-Type Catheter for the RCA -- 1.3.1.2 Tips When Using an Amplatz Left-Type Guiding Catheter for the RCA

Shape of the Catheter Tip -- 1.3.1.3 Short-Tipped Judkins Catheter or Extra Backup Catheter for the LCA -- 1.3.1.4 Size of the Catheter Tip Curve -- 1.3.2 Anchoring Technique -- 1.3.2.1 Size and Inflation Pressure of the Anchoring Balloon -- 1.3.2.2 If No Side Branch Is Available for Anchoring -- 1.4 Anticoagulation Strategy -- 1.4.1 Administration of Heparin -- 1.4.2 Blood Sample Collection for ACT Measurement -- 1.4.3 Precautions When Collecting Blood via the Guiding Catheter -- 1.5 Fluoroscopy and Imaging Strategies -- 1.5.1 Video Imaging Equipment and Fluoroscopy Angles

1.5.1.1 Is Biplane Imaging Essential? -- 1.5.1.2 Direc…