Current Best Practice in Interventional Cardiology

Part I Coronary artery disease. · Acute coronary syndrome - Marco Roffi, Zurich,Switzerland, Pierre-Frédéric Keller, Geneva,Switzerland. · Modern coronary stenting - StéphaneCook/Stephan Windecker, Otto Hess, Bern, Switzerland. - DES. - Passive modern stents. - Late thrombosis. - Stenting of nonsignificant lesions (plaque sealing). - Comparison with medical treatment or bypass surgery. - Bioactive stents. · Chronic total occlusion - Yaron Almagor,Jerusalem, Israel. · Nonrevascularization therapy - Jean-Paul Schmid,Bern, Switzerland. - Shock wave therapy. - Spinal stimulation. - Coronary sinus restriction. . Part II Noncoronary interventions. · Percutaneous valve replacement or repair -Hélène Eltchaninoff, Rouen, France. · PFO closure - Bernhard Meier, BernSwitzerland. · ASD and VSD closure - tentatively: David HildickSmith, London, UK. · Carotid angioplasty - Sri Iyer, New York,USA. · Alcohol ablation of hyperthrophic cardiomyopathy -Otto Hess, Bern, Switzerland. . Part III Treatment of left ventricular failure. · Biventricular pacing - Etienne Delacrétaz,Bern Switzerland. · Percutaneous left ventricular assist devices -Pim de Feyter, Rotterdam, NL . · Stem cell therapy - Andreas Zeiher, Frankfurt,Germany. · Drug therapy in conjunction with interventions -Roger Hullin, Bern, Switzerland. . Part IV Cardiovascular imaging. · Computed tomography (CT) for screening and follow-up- Stephan Achenbach, Erlangen, Germany. · Magnetic resonance (MR) for functional testing andinterventional guidance - Andreas Wahl, Bern,Switzerland. · Optical coherence tomography (OCT) -Jean-François Surmely, Aarau, Switzerland. · Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) - Peter J.Fitzgerald, Stanford, CA, USA