Contributors. Foreword to the Second Edition. Preface. Acknowledgments. Chapter 1 Vascular Access: Thach N. Nguyen (St Mary Medical Center), Hoang Pham (Saint Vincent Hospital) and Ta Tien Phuoc (Bach Mai Hospital). Chapter 2 Angiographic Views: Thach N. Nguyen (St Mary Medical Center), Kim Sui Hian (Sarawak General Hospital), Neal Shah (St Mary Medical Center), Timothy J. Yee (St Mary Medical Center) and Norbert Lingling D. Uy (University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center). Chapter 3 Guides: Thach N. Nguyen (St Mary Medical Center), Tan Huay Cheem (National University Hospital, Singapore) and Abhiram Prasad (Mayo Clinic). Chapter 4 Wires: Thach N. Nguyen (St Mary Medical Center), Jui Sung Hung (Central Taiwan Heart Institute) and Hai Yun Wu (General Hospital of the Chinese People's Liberation Army). Chapter 5 Balloon Angioplasty: Thach N. Nguyen (St Mary Medical Center), Thomas Ischinger (Interventional Cardiology Heart Center), Vo Thanh Nhan (Cho Ray Hospital) and Rajiv Kumar (Indiana University School of Medicine). Chapter 6 Stenting: Thach N. Nguyen (St Mary Medical Center), Pham Manh Hung (Vietnam Heart Institute), Dinh Duc Huy (Tam Duc Hospital), Nguyen Huynh Khuong (Hospital 115, Hochiminh City) and Nikola Bakraceski (Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases). Chapter 7 Transradial Approach: Alexander Doganov (National Heart Hospital), Valeri Gelev (National Heart Hospital), Valentin Krastev (National Heart Hospital), Phan Nam Hung (Binh Dinh General Hospital). and Shigeru Saito (Shonan Kamakura General Hospital). Chapter 8 High-Risk Patients: Thach N. Nguyen (St Mary Medical Center), Pham Nguyen Vinh (Heart Institute of Ho Chi Minh City), Gaurav Kumar (University of Illinois in Chicago), James Nguyen (Orlando Regional Health Care),. Nguyen Canh Toan (Vietnam Military Medical University), Shi Wen Wang (General Hospital of the Chinese People's Liberation Army) and Olabode Oladeinde (St Mary Medical Center). Chapter 9 Left Main: Run Lin Gao (Cardiovascular Institute and Fu Wai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences). Chapter 10 Chronic Total Occlusion: Etsuo Tsuchikane (Toyohashi Heart Center), Osamu Katoh (Toyohashi Heart Center), Takahiko Suzuki (Toyohashi Heart Center), Sunao Nakamura (New Tokyo Hospital),. Thach N. Nguyen (St Mary Medical Center) and Shigeru Saito (Shonan Kamakura General Hospital). Chapter 11 Ostial Lesions: Szabo Szabo (St Mary Medical Center) and Thach N. Nguyen (St Mary Medical Center). Chapter 12 Acute ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Marko Noc (Medical School of Ljubljana), Thach N. Nguyen (St Mary Medical Center), Vijay Dave (St Mary Medical Center), Do Quang Huan (Vietnam Heart Institute),. Nithi Mahanonda (Piyavate Hospital) and C. Michael Gibson (TIMI Data Coordinating Center). Chapter 13 Interventions in Patients after CABG: Thach N. Nguyen (St Mary Medical Center), Teguh Santoso (University of Indonesia Medical School), Hsien-Li Kao (National Taiwan University Hospital), Muhammad Munawar (University of Indonesia) and Nguyen Quang Tuan (Vietnam Heart Institute). Chapter 14 Bifurcation Lesion: Thach N. Nguyen (St Mary Medical Center), Lefeng Wang (Heart Center, Beijing Red Cross Hospital and Cardiovascular Institute), Moo-Huyn Kim (Dong A University Medical School) and Antonio Colombo (San Raffaele Scientific Institute). Chapter 15 Complications: Ashok Seth (Max Heart and Vascular Institute), Nguyen Ngoc Quang (Vietnam Heart Institute) and Thach N. Nguyen (St Mary Medical Center). Chapter 16 Interventions in Patients with Bleeding or Bleeding Tendency: Thach N. Nguyen (St Mary Medical Center), Lan Nguyen (St Mary Medical Center), Priscilla Wan (St Mary Medical Center) and Cayi Lu (General Hospital of the Chinese People's Liberation Army). Chapter 17 Removal of Embolized Material: Kirk Garratt (Lenox Hill Hospital) and Thach N. Nguyen (St Mary Medical Center). Chapter 18 Carotid Intervention: Kasja Rabe (CardioVascular Center Frankfurt), Jennifer Franke (CardioVascular Center Frankfurt) and Horst Sievert (CardioVascular Center Frankfurt). Chapter 19 Subclavian Artery Interventions: Gianluca Rigatelli (Rovigo General Hospital) and Paolo Cardaioli (Rovigo General Hospital). Chapter 20 Renal Artery Interventions: Gianluca Rigatelli (Rovigo General Hospital) and Paolo Cardaioli (Rovigo General Hospital). Chapter 21 Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: David Jayakar (St Mary Medical Center), Damras Tresukosol (Her Majesty's Cardiac Center, Siriraj Hospital), Thach N. Nguyen (St Mary Medical Center) and Ramon Llobet (St Catherine Hospital). Chapter 22 Iliac Artery Stenosis: Gianluca Rigatelli (Rovigo General Hospital), Paolo Cardaioli (Rovigo General Hospital) and Rosli Mohd Ali (National Heart Institute, Kuala Lumpur). Chapter 23 Infrainguinal and Infragenicular Interventions: Prakash Makam (Community Hospital, Munster) and Thach N. Nguyen (St Mary Medical Center). Chapter 24 Inoue Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty: Jui Sung Hung (Central Taiwan Heart Institute) and Kean-Wah Lau (National University of Singapore). Chapter 25 Retrograde Percutaneous Aortic Valvuloplasty: Ted Feldman (Evanston Hospital). Chapter 26 Percutaneous Implantation of Aortic Valvular Prosthesis (Self-expanded Prosthesis): Eberhard Grube (Heart Center, Siegburg) and Lutz Buellesfeld (Heart Center, Siegburg). Chapter 27 Percutaneous Implantation of Aortic Valvular Prosthesis: John G. Webb (St. Paul's Hospital) and Lukas Altwegg (St. Paul's Hospital). Chapter 28 Intervention in Intracranial Arteries: Sundeep Mangla (SUNY Downstate Medical Center). Chapter 29 Percutaneous Interventions in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease: Phillip Moore (University of California at San Francisco), Huynh Tuan Khanh (Pediatric Hospital #2, Hochiminh City), Zhang Shuang Chuan (Peking University affiliated with Shenzhen Hospital), Nguyen Thuong Nghia (Cho Ray Hospital) and Nguyen Lan Hieu (Hanoi Medical University, Vietnam Heart Institute). Chapter 30 Delivery of Biologics for Angiogenesis and Myogenesis: Peter K. Law (Cell Transplants Asia Limited), Sze Piaw Chin (International Medical University), Huynh Duong Hung (St Mary Medical Center), Thach N. Nguyen (St Mary Medical Center) and Quan Zhou Feng (General Hospital of the Chinese People's Liberation Army). Index
