Main description:

NIC Handbook of Interventional Cardiology is a step by step guide to common procedures and problems in interventional cardiology.

Divided into 19 chapters, the book begins with a brief history of coronary interventions, followed by instruction on the use of a range of interventional equipment and techniques. A separate chapter is devoted to bioresorbable vascular scaffolds, a new technology made from a material that can be absorbed by the body. This chapter discusses the need for this technology, the differentiated clinical benefits, potential advantages of metallic stents, and various associated devices.

Further chapters provide step by step guidance on other interventions such as carotid angioplasty and atrial septal defect closure. The final chapter covers the new and rapidly evolving field of nuclear cardiology, including its history, equipment, materials and imaging protocols, making NIC Handbook of Interventional Cardiology ideal for interventional cardiologists who wish to update their knowledge.

Key Points

Step by step guide to common procedures in cardiology
Final chapter discusses new and rapidly evolving field of nuclear cardiology
189 full colour images and illustrations

Contents:

Chapter 1 Coronary Interventions: A Brief History

Chapter 2 Coronary Guidewires

Chapter 3 Guide Catheter Selection In PCI

Chapter 4 Tips and Tricks to Overcome Challenging Anatomies during Radial Approach

Chapter 5 FFR Technique and Interpretation: Step-by-Step

Chapter 6 Pressure Wire... Beyond FFR

Chapter 7 IVUS-Basics and Beyond for Lesion Assessment and Result Optimization

Chapter 8 Optical Coherence Tomographic Imaging in Cath-Lab- Basic Techniques and Interpretation

Chapter 9 Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffolds: The 4th Revolution in Interventional Cardiology and the Holy Grail to Restore Freedom

Chapter 10 Thrombus Burden and No-Ref low

Chapter 11 Technique and Role of Rotablation in Interventional Cardiology

Chapter 12 Bifurcation Coronary Lesions-Definition, Classification and Approaches to Bifurcation Management

Chapter 13 Tips and Tricks: Left Main PCI

Chapter 14 Carotid Angioplasty-Step-By-Step

Chapter 15 Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty

Chapter 16 Step-by-Step Atrial Septal Defect Closure

Chapter 17 Renal Stenting: Rationale and Techniques

Chapter 18 Retrieval of Foreign Bodies during Cardiac Catheterization

Chapter 19 Nuclear Cardiology: Basics and Beyond

Index