Table of Contents
1 Overview, Rationale, and Lexicon: Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Acute Myocardial Infarction Warren J. Cantor 1
2 Comparison of Reperfusion Strategies for ST Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction: Primary Coronary Intervention Versus Fibrinolysis Bruce R. Brodie 9
3 Operator and Site Requirements for Primary Coronary Intervention Mark I. Hainer Michael H. Sketch 27
4 Primary Coronary Intervention: The Technical Approach James E. Tcheng David A. Cox 47
5 Primary Coronary Intervention in Community Hospitals with Off-Site Cardiac Surgery Backup: Rationale and Steps to Quality Thomas P. Wharton Nancy Sinclair 65
6 Reducing System and Process Barriers: The RACE to Improve Door to Balloon Performance James G. Jollis Jenny C. Underwood 85
7 Rescue Coronary Intervention for Failed Thrombolysis Nezar Falluji David J. Moliterno Debabrata Mukherjee 101
8 Facilitated Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Pantelis Diamantouros Ing Haan Lim 115
9 Therapies Targeted at Preserving Microvascular Integrity and Preventing Reperfusion Injury Yeraldine Toledo Alan W. Heldman 135
10 Platelet Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Receptor Blockade in Primary Coronary Intervention Adnan K. Chhatriwalla Sorin J. Brener 169
11 Cell Therapy in Acute Myocardial Infarction Geraldo A. Ramos Joshua M. Hare Alan W. Heldman 195
12 Health Economics of Primary PCI Richard P. Konstance Russell J. Ivanhoe 205
Subject Index 215
