Current Best Practice in Interventional CardiologyISBN: 978-1-4051-8255-3
Hardcover
240 pages
January 2010, Wiley-Blackwell
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· Acute coronary syndrome – Marco Roffi, Zurich, Switzerland, Pierre-Frédéric Keller, Geneva, Switzerland.
· Modern coronary stenting – Stéphane Cook/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.
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Part II Noncoronary interventions.
· Percutaneous valve replacement or repair – Hélène Eltchaninoff, Rouen, France.
· PFO closure – Bernhard Meier, Bern Switzerland.
· ASD and VSD closure – tentatively: David Hildick Smith, London, UK.
· Carotid angioplasty – Sri Iyer, New York, USA.
· Alcohol ablation of hyperthrophic cardiomyopathy – Otto Hess, Bern, Switzerland.
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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.
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Part IV Cardiovascular imaging.
· Computed tomography (CT) for screening and follow-up – Stephan Achenbach, Erlangen, Germany.
· Magnetic resonance (MR) for functional testing and interventional guidance – Andreas Wahl, Bern, Switzerland.
· Optical coherence tomography (OCT) – Jean-François Surmely, Aarau, Switzerland.
· Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) – Peter J. Fitzgerald, Stanford, CA, USA