Textbook of Interventional Cardiology, w. DVD-ROM

SECTION I. PATIENT SELECTION
1. Inflammation Status
2. Diabetes
3. Prior Evaluation: Functional Testing, Multidetector CT
4. Extent of Atherosclerotic Disease and Cardiac Function
5. Renal Dysfunction
6. Evidence-Based Interventional Practice
7. Preoperative Coronary Intervention
8. Gender and Ethnicity Issues
SECTION II. PHARMACOLOGIC INTERVENTION
9. Platelet-Inhibitor Agents
10. Anticoagulants
11. Lipid-Lowering Agents
12. Angiotensin-Axis Inhibition
13. Thrombolytic Intervention
14. Other Adjunctive Drugs for Coronary Intervention: Beta-Blockade & Calcium Channel Blockers
SECTION III. CORONARY INTERVENTION
15. Drug-Coated and Bare Metal Stents
16. Balloon Angioplasty: Is It Still a Viable Intervention?
17. Elective Intervention for Stable Angina or Silent Ischemia
18. Intervention for Non-ST Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes
19. Acute MI Intervention
20. Bifurcations and Branch Vessel Stenting
21. Small Vessel and Diffuse Disease
22. Left Mainstem Intervention
23. Complex and Multivessel Intervention
24. Chronic Total Occlusion
25. Bypass Graft Intervention
26. Abrupt Vessel Closure
27. Peri-Procedural MI and Emboli Protection
28. Access Site Management/Closure Devices
29. Transradial Intervention
30. Surgical Standby: State-of-the-Art
31. Late Thrombosis
32. Restenosis
33. Radiation: Is There A Continued Indication?
34. Biodegradable Stents
35. Role of Adjunct Devices: Cutting Balloon,Thrombectomy, Laser, Ultrasound, and Atherectomy
36. Support Devices for High-Risk PCI: IABP, CPS, LVAD
37. Regional Centers of Excellence for Coronary Intervention
38. Percutaneous Bypass Surgery
SECTION IV. BIG ARTERY VASCULAR INTERVENTIONS
39. Lower Extremities
40. Upper Extremities (and Aortic Arch)
41. Carotid and Cerebrovascular
42. Mesenteric/Visceral Intervention
43. Renal
44. Aortic (Thoracic and Abdominal)
45. Venous Interventions
46. Stroke Centers
SECTION V. INTRACARDIAC INTERVENTION
47. Imaging With