Manual of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions: A Step-by-Step Approach

by PhD Brilakis MD

Overview

Manual of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions: A Step by Step Approach is a practical, easy to read reference guide on how to perform percutaneous coronary. Written by recognized experts in the field, this reference compiles the necessary steps, lists pitfalls to watch out for, and provides tactics on troubleshooting percutaneous coronary interventions. Written to bring a practical and easy to read approach, this book is perfect for interventional cardiologists, interventional and general cardiology fellows, cardiology researchers, physicians, cardiac catheterization laboratory personnel, technical staff, industry professionals and anyone interested in understanding the cutting-edge and rapidly evolving field of coronary PCI. - Provides a practical, case-oriented and easy to read reference with four color illustrations and step-by-step guidance for percutaneous coronary intervention - Includes expert guidance from leaders with large clinical experience - Includes access to a companion website that houses videos that demonstrate various PCI techniques, including narration

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780128193686
Publisher:	Elsevier Science & Technology Books
Publication date:	10/17/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	606
File size:	110 MB
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About the Author

Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FSCAI Dr. Brilakis is Director of the Center for Complex Coronary Interventions at the Minneapolis Heart Institute and the Center for. After graduating from Lycee Leonin de Patissia, Dr. Brilakis received his medical degree from the National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. He trained in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases and Interventional Cardiology at the Mayo Clinic. He also completed a Masters in Clinical Research at the Mayo Clinic and a PhD in Clinical Research at the National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. He served as Director of the VA North Texas Healthcare System Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories from 2004 to 2016. Dr. Brilakis leads a large clinical trial group investigating treatment of chronic total occlusions, prevention and treatment of saphenous vein graft disease, prevention and management of complications, intracoronary imaging, antiplatelet treatment optimization post coronary stenting, radiation safety in the catheterization laboratory, and implementation of novel technologies in healthcare. He is Associate Editor for Circulation and on the editorial board of several other journals and on the Board of Directors of the Cardiovascular Innovations Foundation. He has authored or co-authored over 600 manuscripts and the Manual of CTO Interventions, now in its 2nd edition. He and is lecturing and proctoring at several institutions in the United States and abroad.

Table of Contents

Part A: The steps1. Planning2. Monitoring3. Medications4. Access5. Coronary and graft engagement6. Coronary angiography7. Selecting target lesion(s)8. Wiring9. Lesion preparation10. Stenting11. Access closure12. Coronary physiology13. Coronary intravascular imaging14. Hemodynamic supportPart B: Complex lesion subsets15. Ostial lesions16. Bifurcations17. Left main18. Bypass grafts—prior CABG patients19. Calcification20. Acute coronary syndromes— thrombus21. Chronic total occlusions22. Other complex lesions23. Balloon uncrossable and balloon undilatable lesions24. Complex patient subgroupsPart C: Complications25. Acute vessel closure26. Perforation27. Equipment loss and entrapment28. Other complications: hypotension, radiation skin injury, contrast-induced acute kidney injury29. Vascular access complicationsPart D: Equipment30. Equipment

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Practical, step-by-step, easy to read reference guide on how to perform percutaneous coronary interventions

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"The quality and content of this book is outstanding. It is an invaluable resource for interventional cardiology fellows and practicing interventional cardiologists in all aspects of coronary interventions with numerous algorithmic approaches and illustrations with examples." —Doody

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