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

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

Emmanouil Brilakis (Author)

9780128193679, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 19 October 2020

606 pages, 550 illustrations (500 in full color)
22.9 x 15.2 x 3.7 cm, 1.59 kg

"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

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.

Part A: The steps
1. Planning
2. Monitoring
3. Medications
4. Access
5. Coronary and graft engagement
6. Coronary angiography
7. Selecting target lesion(s)
8. Wiring
9. Lesion preparation
10. Stenting
11. Access closure
12. Coronary physiology
13. Coronary intravascular imaging
14. Hemodynamic support

Part B: Complex lesion subsets
15. Ostial lesions
16. Bifurcations
17. Left main
18. Bypass grafts—prior CABG patients
19. Calcification
20. Acute coronary syndromes— thrombus
21. Chronic total occlusions
22. Other complex lesions
23. Balloon uncrossable and balloon undilatable lesions
24. Complex patient subgroups

Part C: Complications
25. Acute vessel closure
26. Perforation
27. Equipment loss and entrapment
28. Other complications: hypotension, radiation skin injury, contrast-induced acute kidney injury
29. Vascular access complications

Part D: Equipment
30. Equipment

Subject Areas: Life sciences: general issues [PSA]