Current Best Practice in Interventional Cardiology addresses the questions which challenge clinicians involved with interventional procedures.

Helpfully organized into four sections, the text addresses:

• coronary artery disease
• non-coronary interventions
• left ventricular failure
• the latest advances in imaging technologies
• provides authoritative guidance on the current recommendations for best practice

Contents

Part 1: Coronary artery disease

• Acute coronary syndrome
• Modern coronary stenting
• DES
• Passive modern stents
• Late thrombosis
• Stenting of nonsignificant lesions
• Comparison with medical treatment or bypass surgery
• Bioactive stents
• Chronic total occlusion
• Nonrevascularization therapy
• Shock wave therapy
• Spinal stimulation
• Coronary sinus restriction

Part 2: Noncoronary interventions

• Percutaneous valve replacement or repair
• PFO closure
• ASD and VSD closure
• Carotid angioplasty
• Alcohol ablation of hyperthrophic cardiomyopathy

Part 3: Treatment of left ventricular failure

• Biventricular pacing
• Percutaneous left ventricular assist devices
• Stem cell therapy
• Drug therapy in conjunction with interventions

Part 4: Cardiovascular imaging

• Computed tomography (CT) for screening and follow-up
• Magnetic resonance (MR) for functional testing and interventional guidance
• Optical coherence tomography (OCT)
• Intravascular ultrasound

Index

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