Interventional Cardiovascular Medicine

SECTION 1 HISTORY and DEVELOPMENT: History of Cardiovascular Intervention SECTION II INTERVENTION and the ATHEROSCLEROTIC VESSEL: the Cellular Biology of Mechanical Intervention. Pathology of Atherosclerotic Plaque: Stable, Unstable Infarctional. Pathology of Various Mechanical Interventional Techniques and Devices. Risk Factor Interventions and Delayed Progression of Atherosclerosis. Pathophysiologyand Epidemiology of Restenosis SECTION III INTERVENTION and the PATIENT with CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE: Epidemiology of Coronary Heart Disease. Assessment of Prognosis in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease. Medical Therapy Vs Interventional Therapy for the Treatment of Stable Angina Pectoris. Surgical Therapy Vs Interventional Therapy in Patients with Stable Coronary Ischemia. Intervention in Acute Ischemic Syndromes/Angioplasty in the Patient with Acute Myocardial Infarction. Interventional Approachto the Patient in Cardiogenic Shock. Interventional Strategy in Patients with Previous Coronary Bypass. Approach to the High-Risk Patient. Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty in Heart Transplant Patient S/ Economics of Percutaneous Intervention. Medicolegal Issues in Interventional Cardiology SECTION IV PRACTICE and TECHNIQUES of CORONARY INTERVENTION: Design of the Interventional Cardiac and Vascular Catheterization Laboratory. Principles of Radiographic Imaging. Angiographic Views and Techniques for Coronary Interventions. Ultrasound. Doppler Flow Wire. Angioscopy. Coronary Angioplasty: Femoral Approach. Coronary Angioplasty: Brachial Approach. Coronary Angioplasty: Radial Approach. Interventional Treatment of Coronary Ostial Lesions. Strategies in Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease. Chronic Total Occlusion. Complex Coronary Lesions. Clinical Management of Restenosis. Supported Coronary Angioplasty. Adjunct Pharmacologic Support During and Interventional Procedure. Dissection, Abrupt Closure and Perforation. Left Main Pe Rcutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty. Emergency Coronary Bypass Grafting. Nonsurgical Management of Retained Intracoronary Products Following Coronary Interventions. Directional Coronary Atherectomy. Mechanical Rotational Atherectomy. Transluminal Extraction. Endarterectomy. Direct Laser Ablation. Perfusion Balloon Catheter. Percuteous Balloon Valvoplasty SECTION V PRACTICEand APPROACHES to CORONARY STENTING: Selection/Bifurcation. Optimal Techniques for Stent Deployment. Complications for Coronary Stents. GR2 Stents. Management in Steal Restenosis. J&J Palmaz-Schatz Stent. Multi-Link Stent. Wallstent. AVE Stent. Alternation Stents SECTION VI NEW APPROACHES to RESTENOSIS and THROMBOSIS: Local Drug Delivery. Radiation Stents and Brachitherapy. Drug Delivery Stents. Thrombectomy Devices. Barath Balloon SECTION VII PERIPHERAL VASCULAR INTERVENTION: Peripheral Vascular Intervention By the Cardiologist. Aorto Iliac. SFA. Below Knee. Renal. Percutaneous Angioplasty in Supra-Aortic Artery Disease. Carotid. Aortoiliac Aneurysm, Grafts and Shunts