List of Contributors Preface List of Abbreviations PART 1 CARDIAC INTERVENTIONS Section I Acute Coronary Syndrome 1 Acute Coronary Syndromes: Guidelines and Definitions Elias A. Sanidas, Roxana Mehran and George Dangas 2 Cardiac Biomarkers in Acute Cardiac Care Jonathan D. Marmur, Sanjay Kumar and Antony L. Innasimuthu 3 Diagnosis of Vulnerable Plaque Konstantinos Toutouzas, Antonios Karanasos and Christodoulos Stefanadis 4 Management of Thrombotic Disorders. From Heparin to Newer Anticoagulants. What Does the Future Hold? Jawed Fareed, Evi Kalodiki and Debra Hoppensteadt 5 Newer Antiplatelet Agents for Interventional Indication Wiktor Kuliczkowski and Victor Serebruany 6 Genetic Considerations of Antiplatelet Therapy Fabiana Rollini, Antonio Tello-Montoliu and Dominick J Angiolillo 7 Anticoagulant Management of Heparin Compromised Patients Jeanine M. Walenga and Mamdouh Bakhos 8 Management of Bleeding in Emergent Interventions Rakesh Wahi and D. Hoppenstadt 9 Role of Newer Anti-Xa and Anti-IIa Agents for Interventions Brigitte Kaiser 10 Treatment of NSTEMI patients Kirk N. Garratt and Jonathon Habersberger 11 Treatment of Patients with STEMI Carsten Stengaard, Jacob Thorsted Sorensen, Christian Juhl Terkelsen and Michael Maeng 12 Mechanical Removal of Thrombus from Culprit Lesions: Current Devices and Future Developments Zoran Lasic 13 Role of Intravenous Fibrinolytic Therapy Freek W.A. Verheugt 14 The Transradial Approach in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes Jeffrey M. Schussler 15 Intervention for Failed Grafts Michael S. Lee 16 Excimer laser for revascularization in AMI On Topaz, Allyne Topaz and Kristine Owen 17 Management of Patients Presenting too Late for PTCA Giampaolo Niccoli, Cristina Aurigemma and Filippo Crea 18 Is There a Role for Drug-Eluting Balloons in Treatment of Acute Coronary Syndromes? Anouar Belkacemi, Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Michiel Voskuil, Kevin Onsea, Pieter Doevendans and Pieter Stella 19 Cardiogenic Shock: Outcomes, Treatment and Role of Hemodynamic Support Eugenia Nikolsky, Amit Soni and Rafael Beyar 20 Management of Patients after ACS Davide Capodanno and George Dangas 21 Emergency PTCA or CABG for Left Main Disease? Gill Louise Buchanan, Alaide Chieffo and Antonio Colombo Section II Urgent Electrophysiology 22 Management of Reperfusion Arrhythmias Zviad Matoshvili 23 Ablative Therapies in Emergencies Francesco Santoni-Rugiu Section III Other Acute Cardiac Conditions 24 Acute Interventional Therapies for Pulmonary Embolism Ian del Conde, MD, and Barry T. Katzen 25 Principles of Interventions in Acute Structural Heart Disease Jennifer Franke, Stefan C. Bertog, Ilona Hofmann and Horst Sievert 26 Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Thomas M. Snow, Neil Moat, Simon Davies, Sarah Barker, Alison Duncan and Carlo Di Mario 27 Acute Mitral Interventions Jose A. Condado, Carlos Calderas and Jose F. Condado 28 Mitral and Aortic Valve Balloon Angioplasty Sumith Aleti, Jawahar L. Mehta and Rajesh Sachdeva 29 Post-Infarction Ventricular Septal Defect Holger Thiele, Steffen Desch, Gerhard Schuler and Suzanne de Waha 30 Transcatheter VSD Closure Damien Kenny, Qi-Ling Cao and Ziyad M. Hijazi 31 Atrial Septostomies Carlos A.C. Pedra 32 Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement tPVR Noa Holoshitz, Qi-Ling Cao and Ziyad M. Hijazi PART 2 PERIPHERAL INTERVENTIONS Section IV Cerebrovascular Disorders 33 How to Set Up an Acute Stroke Service Iris Q. Grunwald, Peter Marlow, Stefan Bertog and Anna Luisa Kuhn 34 Acute Stroke Intervention Stefan C. Bertog, Iris Q. Grunwald, Anna Luisa Kuhn, Jennifer Franke, Ilona Hofmann and Horst Sievert 35 New Devices for Exclusion of Cerebral Aneurysms Gyula Gal Section V Treatment of Critical Leg Ischemia 36 Principles of Diagnosis and Interventional Treatment of CLI Gary D. Kiernan, Hatim Yagoub, Brian G. Hynes, Thomas J. Kiernan and Michael R. Jaff 37 Iliac and SFA Interventions in Patients with Critical Limb Ischemia Farah G. Irani, Apoorva Gogna, Benjamin S.Y. Chua and Manish Taneja 38 Critical Limb Ischemia: Role of Atherectomy in Below the Knee Vessels Jihad A. Mustapha, Larry J. Diaz-Sandoval and Fadi A. Saab 39 Interventions in Below the Knee Lesions in CLI Jose Wiley, Prakash Krishnan and Arthur Tarricone 40 Management of Diabetic Foot following PTA Laura Kerselaers, Jurgen Verbist, Koen Keirse, Koen Deloose, Marc Bosiers and Patrick Peeters Section VI Treatment of Acute Aortic Disorders 41 Thoracic Aortic Dissections: Perspectives for Endovascular Management Grayson H. Wheatley III 42 Management of Acute Aortic Syndrome Ibrahim Akin, Stephan Kische, Tim C. Rehders, Huseyin Ince and Christoph A. Nienaber 43 Urgent endovascular renal intervention On Topaz and Massoud A. Leesar 44 Catheter Interventions in acute ischemia of upper extremities Glenn W. Stambo PART 3 RADIOLOGIC AND INNOVATIVE THERAPIES Section VII Urgent Radiology 45 Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS) Juan Carlos Garcia-Pagan, Juan G. Abraldes and Jaume Bosch 46 Chemoembolization of Hepatic Malignancies Nikhil Bhagat and J.F. Geschwind 47 Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations Robert J.Rosen 48 Interventional Management of Vascular Malformations Robert J. Rosen and Jennifer Drury 49 Interventions for Mesenteric Ischemia Robert J. Rosen and Amit Jain 50 Acute Gastrointestinal Arterial Bleeding Romaric Loffroy 51 Vena Cava Filters Parveen Warner and Raman Uberoi 52 Uterine Fibroid Embolization Mark A. Westcott Section VIII Innovative Therapies 53 New Stents for ACS Mony Shuvy and Chaim Lotan 54 Cell Therapy for Acute Myocardial Infarction Bodo-Eckehard Strauer and Gustav Steinhoff 55 Aqueous Oxygen for Treatment of STEMI Neelima Katukuri, Jeffrey L. Creech and James Richard Spears 56 Endovascular Hypothermia in Acute Myocardial Infarctions David Erlinge 57 Angiogenesis in the Treatment of Critical Limb Ischemia Jason A. Chin, Zankhana Raval, Melina R. Kibbe and Douglas W. Losordo 58 Catheter-directed Ultrasound-accelerated Thrombolysis for the Treatment of Acute Pulmonary Embolism Tod C. Engelhardt 59 Transcoronary and Left Ventricular Temporary Pacing Crochan J. O Sullivan and Bernhard Meier 60 Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy (ESWT) for Acute and Chronic Soft Tissue Wounds Rainer Mittermayr and Wolfgang Schaden Index
