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Part of the renowned Braunwald family of references, Cardiovascular Intervention: A Companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease provides today's clinicians with clear, authoritative guidance on every aspect of catheterization of the heart and vasculature and the latest imaging technologies. This practical reference on interventional cardiology is organized from a procedural perspective, with chapters focused exclusively on how to manage complex cardiovascular disease. Now fully updated from cover to cover, the 2nd Edition offers authoritative and current point-of-care coverage of this highly complex, technology-driven specialty-an ideal resource for practitioners at all levels of experience.
- Offers concise, focused coverage of all aspects of managing interventional cardiology patients, highlighting cautions, procedural nuances and tips, and outcomes.
- Covers all the newest catheterization techniques and equipment, including new-generation stents, mechanical support devices, imaging technology, and closure devices.
- Offers complete coverage of structural heart disease and new developments in heart valve disease, including TAVI and mitral valve procedures.
- Provides updates on the latest procedures, devices, and clinical guidelines for evidence-based practice.
- Uses a clear, easy-to-follow organization with separate sections on coronary artery interventions, peripheral artery interventions, cerebrovascular interventions, venous interventions, structural heart interventions, and congenital heart disease.
- Features more than 506 high-quality illustrations and access to 176 procedural videos.
- An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date.
List of contents
1. The Birth Of Interventional Cardiology
2. Guidelines And Appropriateness Criteria For Interventional Cardiology
3. Vascular Access And Closure
4. Pharmacotherapy In The Modern Interventional Suite
5. Hemodynamic Support During High-Risk Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
6. Radiation Safety In The Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
7. Contrast Selection
8. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention For Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Disease
9. Chronic Total Coronary Occlusions: Rationale, Techniques, And Clinical Outcomes
10. Bifurcations
11. Bypass Graft Interventions
12. Calcified Lesions
13. Treatment Of In-Stent Restenosis
14. Management Of Thrombotic Lesions
15. Fractional Flow Reserve And Nonhyperemic Pressure Ratios
16. Intravascular Ultrasound Imaging
17. Optical Coherence Tomography
18. Intervention For Lower Extremity Arterial Disease
19. Upper Extremity Intervention
20. Renal Artery Intervention: Catheter-Based Therapy For Renal Artery Stenosis
21. Mesenteric Artery Intervention: Catheter-Based Therapy For Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia
22. Renal Denervation
23. Endovascular Management Of Aortic And Thoracic Aneurysms
24. Carotid And Vertebral Intervention
25. Cerebrovascular Interventions
26. Interventional Management Of Lower Extremity Deep Vein Thrombosis And Pulmonary Embolism
27. Management Of Chronic Venous Insufficiency
28. Hemodialysis Access Intervention
29. Aortic Valvuloplasty And Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
30. Transcatheter Mitral Valve Intervention
31. Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Intervention
32. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
33. Patent Foramen Ovale, Atrial Septal Defect, Left Atrial Appendage, And Ventricular Septal Defect Closure
34. Interventions For Advanced Heart Failure
35. Endomyocardial Biopsy
36. Pericardiocentesis And Pericardial Intervention
37. Adult Congenital Heart Disease: Cardiovascular Interventions For Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, Anomalous Vascular Connections, Aortic Coarctation, And Pulmonary Valve Replacement
About the author
Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, is Executive Director of Interventional Cardiovascular Programs at Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. A leading authority internationally on interventional cardiology in addition
