Main description:

This book is a practical guide providing cardiologists with the latest advances in interventional cardiology.

Divided into 24 chapters, much of the text is dedicated to procedures for the diagnosis and management of occlusive coronary artery disease.

Basic and complex techniques are described in detail, with useful tips on how to prevent or manage complications.

Guidance on decision making in the cath lab based on recent data is also provided.

The comprehensive text is further enhanced by nearly 200 clinical images, diagrams and tables.

Key points

Practical guide to latest advances in interventional cardiology
Much of text is dedicated to diagnosis and management of occlusive coronary artery disease
Provides guidance on decision making in the cath lab
Highly illustrated with nearly 200 images and tables

Contents:

Vascular Access
Coronary Stents: Evolution and Advances
Slender Transradial Interventions
Left Main Coronary Intervention
Current Approach to Chronic Total Occlusions
Ostial Lesions
Coronary Bifurcation Lesions
Calcified Lesions
PCI in Patients Post Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction
High-Risk Percutaneous Coronary Interventions
Complications during Percutaneous Coronary Interventions
Intracoronary Assessment: Role of IVUS and OCT
Role of FFR in Evaluation of Coronary Artery Disease
Cardiac MRI and Cardiac CT: Indispensable Tools for the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease
Radionuclide Studies in Cardiology
Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty
Pulmonary and Aortic Balloon Valvuloplasty
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) - Current Status
Transcatheter Closure of Congenital Heart Defects
Interventions in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Interventions in Pulmonary Embolism
Recent Advances in Cardiac Electrophysiology
Newer Devices in Electrophysiology: Leadless Pacemakers and Subcutaneous ICD

Index