Cardiovascular Interventions in Clinical Practice

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In this pathbreaking volume, a multidisciplinary team of international experts puts catheter–based treatment techniques in context by exploring the pathobiology of specific diseases alongside a discussion of imaging tools and functional tests, and a comparison to alternative treatment approaches provided by cardiovascular surgery. This comprehensive overview of interventional cardiology:  Explains treatments in depth, including imaging techniques and functional tests Serves as both a theoretical and practical guide to available treatment approaches that can be tailored for individual patients Provides the latest scientific data and new surgical alternatives Presents a practically oriented view of the most important interventional strategies Is written by a strong team of well-published and highly-regarded authors, the people whose breakthroughs in the clinic and the lab have made interventional cardiology the dynamic field it is today Practitioners, fellows, and trainees who want a state-of-the-art guide to interventional cardiology can depend on this carefully crafted guide for authoritative information.Content: Chapter 1 Pathology of Atrial and Ventricular Septal Defects (pages 1–13): Siew Yen HoChapter 2 Echocardiography of Atrial and Ventricular Septal Defects (pages 14–24): Natesa G. Pandian, Antonietta Evangelista, Francesco F. Faletra, Stefano De Castro, Siew Yen Ho, Anirban Banerjee and Carey KimmelstielChapter 3 MRI of Atrial and Ventricular Septal Defects (pages 25–37): Philipp BeerbaumChapter 4 Catheter Closure of Atrial and Ventricular Septal Defects (pages 38–49): Ignacio Inglessis, Neil Wilson and Michael de MoorChapter 5 Catheter Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale (pages 50–61): Nina Wunderlich, Katharina Lehn, Neil Wilson and Horst SievertChapter 6 Surgical Closure of Atrial and Ventricular Septal Defects (pages 62–70): Markus K. HeinemannChapter 7 Pathology of Aortic Stenosis (pages 71–85): Nikolaus Gassler and Philipp A. SchnabelChapter 8 Echocardiography of Aortic Stenosis (pages 86–96): Michael J. Kostal and Susan E. WiegersChapter 9 MRI of Aortic Stenosis (pages 97–102): Daniel Thomas and Torsten SommerChapter 10 Surgical Replacement of the Aortic Valve (pages 103–113): Anton Moritz and Mirko DossChapter 11 Percutaneous Implantation of Aortic Valve Prostheses (pages 114–125): Robert H. Boone and John G. WebbChapter 12 Pathology of Aortic Insufficiency (pages 126–133): Philipp A. Schnabel, Artur Lichtenberg, Esther Herpel, Arne Warth and Nikolaus GasslerChapter 13 Echocardiography of Aortic Insufficiency (pages 134–143): Martin G. Keane and Susan E. WiegersChapter 14 MRI of Aortic Insufficiency (pages 144–148): Joachim LotzChapter 15 Surgical Reconstruction of the Aortic Valve (pages 149–158): Diana Aicher and Hans?Joachim SchafersChapter 16 Pathology of Mitral Stenosis (pages 159–162): Arne Warth, Esther Herpel and Philipp A. SchnabelChapter 17 Echocardiography of Mitral Stenosis (pages 163–178): Wolfgang FehskeChapter 18 MRI of Mitral Stenosis (pages 179–180): Matthias GutberletChapter 19 Catheter?Based Mitral Valvuloplasty (pages 181–194): Prafulla G. Kerkar and Milind S. PhadkeChapter 20 Surgical Management of Mitral Stenosis (pages 195–202): Kevin L. Greason and Hartzell V. SchaffChapter 21 Pathology of Mitral Insufficiency (pages 203–208): Esther Herpel, Arne Warth, Artur Lichtenberg and Philipp A. SchnabelChapter 22 Echocardiography of Mitral Insufficiency (pages 209–220): Juan Luis Gutierrez?Chico, Pedro Marcos?Alberca and Jose Luis ZamoranoChapter 23 MRI of Mitral Insufficiency (pages 221–223): Matthias GutberletChapter 24 Surgical Management of Mitral Insufficiency (pages 224–232): Kevin L. Greason and Hartzell V. SchaffChapter 25 Perspectives on Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair (pages 233–241): Frederick St. Goar, Saibal Kar and Ted FeldmanChapter 26 Pathology of Coronary Artery Disease (pages 243–254): Paul Fefer, Jagdish Butany and Bradley H. StraussChapter 27 Computed Tomography for the Detection of Coronary Artery Disease (pages 255–269): Dieter S. RopersChapter 28 Invasive Coronary Arteriography for Assessment of Coronary Artery Disease (pages 270–283): Jurgen HaaseChapter 29 Stress Echocardiography for Functional Assessment of Coronary Artery Disease (pages 284–290): Uwe NixdorffChapter 30 MRI for Functional Assessment of Coronary Artery Disease (pages 291–300): Juerg SchwitterChapter 31 Grayscale Intravascular Ultrasound and Virtual Histology of the Unstable Coronary Lesion (pages 301–312): Hector M. Garcia?Garcia, Nieves Gonzalo, Anne L. Gaster and Patrick W. SerruysChapter 32 Optical Coherence Tomography of the Unstable Coronary Lesion (pages 313–319): Ron Waksman and Tina L. Pinto SlottowChapter 33 Thermography of the Unstable Coronary Lesion (pages 320–329): Konstantinos Toutouzas, Maria Drakopoulou and Christodoulos StefanadisChapter 34 Coronary Stent Technology (pages 330–344): Neville Kukreja, Yoshinobu Onuma and Patrick W. SerruysChapter 35 Adjunctive Techniques for PCI (pages 345–355): Suntharo Ly, Seth Assar and Richard HeuserChapter 36 Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Acute Myocardial Infarction (pages 356–369): Jurgen HaaseChapter 37 Complex Percutaneous Coronary Interventions—Left Main, Bifurcation, and Ostial Disease (pages 370–386): Savio D'Souza, Peter Barlis, Giuseppe Ferrante and Carlo Di MarioChapter 38 Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Multivessel Disease (pages 387–399): Yoshinobu Onuma, Neville Kukreja and Patrick W. SerruysChapter 39 Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Chronic Total Occlusions (pages 400–415): Osamu KatohChapter 40 Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for the Treatment of Saphenous Vein Grafts (pages 416–427): Paul Vermeersch and Pierfrancesco AgostoniChapter 41 Pharmacology in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory (pages 428–447): Sara D. Collins, Asmir I. Syed and Ron WaksmanChapter 42 Magnetic Navigation in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (pages 448–456): Steve Ramcharitar and Patrick W. SerruysChapter 43 Arterial Revascularization of Coronary Artery Disease (pages 457–472): Hans?Joachim Schafers and Takashi KuniharaChapter 44 Cell Therapy after Acute Myocardial Infarction (pages 473–483): Birgit Assmus and Volker SchachingerChapter 45 Pathology of Aortic Coarctation, Aneurysm, and Dissection (pages 485–501): Faqian Li, Chi K. Lai and Michael C. FishbeinChapter 46 Echocardiographic Assessment of Aortic Aneurysms and Dissections (pages 502–509): Thomas BartelChapter 47 MSCT for Assessment of Aortic Coarctation, Aneurysms and Dissections (pages 510–524): Leon D. Shturman and Suhny AbbaraChapter 48 Percutaneous Treatment of Aortic Coarctation (pages 525–536): John D. R. Thomson and Shakeel A. QureshiChapter 49 Surgical Treatment of Aortic Coarctation (pages 537–544): Markus K. HeinemannChapter 50 Endovascular Repair of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms (pages 545–555): Ibrahim Akin, Tim C. Rehders, Stephan Kische, Huseyin Ince and Christoph A. NienaberChapter 51 Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (pages 556–562): Richard R. Heuser and Ramil GoelChapter 52 Acute Aortic Dissection (pages 563–569): Sean O'Donnell and Shawn McMahonChapter 53 Surgical Approaches to the Treatment of Aortic Aneurysms and Dissections (pages 570–577): Kourosh Keyhani, Anthony L. Estrera, Charles C. Miller and Hazim J. SafiChapter 54 Pathology of Ischemic Stroke (pages 579–586): Wolfgang RoggendorfChapter 55 Interventional Treatment of Carotid Artery Disease (pages 587–595): Jennifer Franke and Horst SievertChapter 56 Surgical Treatment of Carotid Artery Disease (pages 596–608): Marc Bosiers, Christos Lioupis, Koen Deloose, Jurgen Verbist and Patrick PeetersChapter 57 Interventional Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke (pages 609–628): Sabareesh K. Natarajan, Kenneth V. Snyder, Adnan H. Siddiqui, Elad I. Levy and L. Nelson HopkinsChapter 58 Interventional Treatment of Intracerebral Aneurysms (pages 629–635): Pascal Jabbour, Adytia Pandey and Erol VeznedarogluChapter 59 Surgical Treatment of Cerebral Aneurysms (pages 636–648): Rabih G. Tawk, Adnan H. Siddiqui, Elad I. Levy and L. Nelson HopkinsChapter 60 Sonographic Assessment of Renal Artery Stenosis (pages 649–663): Jorg RadermacherChapter 61 Interventional Treatment of Renal Artery Stenosis (pages 664–673): Thomas ZellerChapter 62 Pathology of Iliac and Lower Extremity Artery Disease (pages 674–680): Christian IhlingChapter 63 Interventional Treatment of Iliac and Lower Artery Disease (pages 681–694): Dierk Scheinert and Andrej SchmidtChapter 64 Surgical Treatment of Iliac and Lower Extremity Artery Disease (pages 695–704): Frank E. G. Vermassen