ABSTRACT

Training and experience are the foundation on which an accomplished interventionalist stands. No book can supplant this foundation, but in Cardiac Catheterization and Percutaneous Intervention the authors, most of whom trained at the Thoraxcentre, Rotterdam, provide a practical text that creates confidence in performing percutaneous coronary and pe

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Preface

chapter 1|12 pages

Who should not go to the cathlab?

chapter 3|54 pages

Current use of antiplatelet agents

chapter 4|29 pages

Complications and how to deal with them

chapter 5|15 pages

Vascular access

chapter 8|17 pages

Balloon angioplasty

chapter 9|14 pages

Coronary stenting

chapter 10|18 pages

Ablative techniques in coronary intervention

chapter 11|11 pages

Treatment of complex angioplasty subsets

chapter 13|17 pages

The role of distal protection devices

chapter 14|20 pages

Pathophysiology of restenosis

chapter 15|23 pages

Pharmacological treatment of restenosis

chapter 16|31 pages

Mechanical treatment of in-stent restenosis

chapter 17|23 pages

Restenosis and brachytherapy

chapter 18|28 pages

Drug-eluting stents

chapter 19|40 pages

Intravascular ultrasound

chapter 21|17 pages

Invasive imaging of vulnerable plaque

chapter 23|22 pages

Myogenesis: an update on muscle regeneration

chapter 24|22 pages

Circulatory assist devices

chapter 25|23 pages

Groin closure devices

chapter 26|14 pages

Stent retrieval

chapter 30|30 pages

Percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty