Urgent Interventional Therapies

Illustrating the differences between urgent interventions and interventions performed to manage chronic conditions the authors present the chapters in a consistent template for ease of use covering; background, indications, evidence review, device description, procedural techniques, follow-up care, and complications. Shows the differences between interventions performed to manage chronic conditions and interventions that are truly urgent Chapters follow a consistent structure from background through indications, evidence review, device description, procedural techniques to follow-up care and complications More than 40 high definition videos, hosted on  companion website www.wiley.com/go/kipshidze/interventionaltherapies, complete with tips and tricks, provide a visual learning tool

Table of Contents:
List of Contributors, viii Foreword, xv Preface, xvii Abbreviations, xviii About the Companion Website, xxii Part 1 Cardiac Interventions Section I Acute Coronary Syndrome 1 Acute Coronary Syndrome: Guidelines and Definitions, 3 Elias A. Sanidas, Roxana Mehran & George Dangas 2 Cardiac Biomarkers in Acute Cardiac Care, 9 Jonathan D. Marmur, Sanjay Kumar & Antony L. Innasimuthu 3 Diagnosis of Vulnerable Plaque, 19 Konstantinos Toutouzas, Antonios Karanasos & Christodoulos Stefanadis 4 Management of Thrombotic Disorders: Heparin to Newer Anticoagulants, 27 Jawed Fareed, Evi Kalodiki & Debra Hoppensteadt 5 Newer Antiplatelet Agents for Interventional Indications, 41 Wiktor Kuliczkowski & Victor Serebruany 6 Genetic Considerations of Antiplatelet Therapy, 49 Fabiana Rollini, Antonio Tello-Montoliu & Dominick J. Angiolillo 7 Anticoagulant Management of Heparin-Compromised Patients, 60 Jeanine M. Walenga & Mamdouh Bakhos 8 Management of Bleeding in Urgent Interventions, 66 Rakesh Wahi & Debra Hoppensteadt 9 Role of Newer Anti-Xa and Anti-IIa Agents for Interventions, 77 Brigitte Kaiser 10 Treatment of NSTEMI Patients, 86 Kirk N. Garratt & Jonathon Habersberger 11 Treatment of Patients with STEMI, 91 Carsten Stengaard, Jacob Thorsted Sørensen, Christian Juhl Terkelsen & Michael Maeng 12 Mechanical Removal of Thrombus from Culprit Lesions: Current Devices and Future Developments, 99 Zoran Lasic 13 Role of Intravenous Fibrinolytic Therapy, 105 Freek W.A. Verheugt 14 The Transradial Approach in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes, 110 Jeffrey M. Schussler 15 Intervention for Failed Grafts, 117 Michael S. Lee & Gopi Manthripragada 16 Excimer Laser for Revascularization in AMI, 126 On Topaz, Allyne Topaz & Kristine Owen 17 Management of Patients Presenting too Late for PTCA, 137 Giampaolo Niccoli, Cristina Aurigemma & Filippo Crea 18 Is There a Role for Drug-Eluting Balloons in Treatment of Acute Coronary Syndromes?, 146 Anouar Belkacemi, Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Michiel Voskuil, Kevin Onsea, Pieter Doevendans & Pieter Stella 19 Cardiogenic Shock: Outcomes, Treatment, and Role of Hemodynamic Support, 152 Eugenia Nikolsky, Amit Soni & Rafael Beyar 20 Management of Patients after Acute Coronary Syndrome, 171 Davide Capodanno & George Dangas 21 Emergency PTCA or CABG for Left Main Disease?, 179 Gill Louise Buchanan, Alaide Chieffo & Antonio Colombo Section II Urgent Electrophysiology 22 Management of Reperfusion Arrhythmias, 187 Zviad Matoshvili & Nicholas Kipshidze 23 Ablative Therapies in Arrhythmia Emergencies, 192 Francesco Santoni-Rugiu Section III Other Acute Cardiac Conditions 24 Principles of Interventions in Acute Structural Heart Disease, 198 Jennifer Franke, Stefan C. Bertog, Ilona Hofmann & Horst Sievert 25 Acute Interventional Therapies for Pulmonary Embolism, 201 Ian del Conde & Barry T. Katzen 26 Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation, 209 Thomas M. Snow, Neil Moat, Simon Davies, Sarah Barker, Alison Duncan & Carlo di Mario 27 Acute Mitral Interventions, 221 José A. Condado, Carlos Calderas & José F. Condado 28 Mitral and Aortic Valve Balloon Valvotomy, 231 Sumith Aleti, Jawahar L. Mehta & Rajesh Sachdeva 29 Postinfarction Ventricular Septal Defect, 238 Holger Thiele, Steffen Desch, Gerhard Schuler & Suzanne de Waha 30 Transcatheter VSD Closure, 244 Damien Kenny, Qi-Ling Cao & Ziyad M. Hijazi 31 Atrial Septostomies, 253 Carlos A.C. Pedra 32 Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement, 265 Noa Holoshitz, Qi-Ling Cao & Ziyad M. Hijazi Part 2 Peripheral Interventions Section IV Cerebrovascular Disorders 33 How to Set Up an Acute Stroke Service, 279 Iris Q. Grunwald, Peter Marlow, Stefan C. Bertog & Anna Luisa Kühn 34 Acute Stroke Intervention, 286 Stefan C. Bertog, Iris Q. Grunwald, Anna Luisa Kühn, Jennifer Franke, Ilona Hofmann & Horst Sievert 35 New Devices for Exclusion of Cerebral Aneurysms, 302 Gyula Gál Section V Treatment of Critical Leg Ischemia 36 Principles of Diagnosis for, and Interventional Treatment of, Critical Leg Ischemia, 313 Gary D. Kiernan, Hatim Yagoub, Brian G. Hynes, Thomas J. Kiernan & Michael R. Jaff 37 Iliac and SFA Interventions in Patients with Critical Limb Ischemia, 321 Farah G. Irani, Apoorva Gogna, Benjamin S.Y. Chua & Manish Taneja 38 Role of Atherectomy in Below-the-Knee Vessels in Critical Limb Ischemia, 331 Jihad A. Mustapha, Larry J. Diaz-Sandoval & Fadi A. Saab 39 Interventions in Below-the-Knee Lesions in Critical Limb Ischemia, 338 Jose Wiley, Prakash Krishnan & Arthur Tarricone 40 Management of Diabetic Foot following Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty, 348 Laura Kerselaers, Jürgen Verbist, Koen Keirse, Koen Deloose, Marc Bosiers & Patrick Peeters Section VI Treatment of Acute Aortic Disorders 41 Thoracic Aortic Dissections: Perspectives for Endovascular Management, 353 Grayson H. Wheatley III 42 Management of Acute Aortic Syndrome, 358 Ibrahim Akin, Stephan Kische, Tim C. Rehders, Hüseyin Ince & Christoph A. Nienaber 43 Urgent Endovascular Renal Intervention, 366 On Topaz & Massoud A. Leesar 44 Catheter Interventions in Acute Ischemia of the Upper Extremities, 376 Glenn W. Stambo Part 3 Urgent Radiology 45 Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt, 391 Juan Carlos Garcia-Pagán, Juan G. Abraldes & Jaume Bosch 46 Chemoembolization of Hepatic Malignancies, 403 Nikhil Bhagat & Jean-Francois Geschwind 47 Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations, 410 Robert J. Rosen & Naiem Nassiri 48 Interventional Management of Vascular Malformations, 419 Robert J. Rosen & Jennifer Drury 49 Interventions for Mesenteric Ischemia, 442 Robert J. Rosen & Amit Jain 50 Acute Gastrointestinal Arterial Bleeding, 458 Romaric Loffroy 51 Vena Cava Filters, 467 Parveen Warner & Raman Uberoi 52 Uterine Fibroid Embolization, 474 Mark A. Westcott Part 4 Innovative Therapies 53 New Stents for Acute Coronary Syndrome, 485 Mony Shuvy & Chaim Lotan 54 Cell Therapy for Acute Myocardial Infarction, 497 Bodo-Eckehard Strauer & Gustav Steinhoff 55 Aqueous Oxygen for Treatment of ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction, 502 Neelima Katukuri, Jeffrey L. Creech & James Richard Spears 56 Endovascular Hypothermia in Acute Myocardial Infarctions, 509 David Erlinge 57 Angiogenesis in the Treatment of Critical Limb Ischemia, 514 Jason A. Chin, Zankhana Raval, Melina R. Kibbe & Douglas W. Losordo 58 Catheter-Directed Ultrasound-Accelerated hrombolysis for the Treatment of Acute Pulmonary Embolism, 534 Tod C. Engelhardt 59 Transcoronary and Left Ventricular Temporary Pacing, 541 Crochan J. O’Sullivan & Bernhard Meier 60 Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy for Acute and Chronic Soft Tissue Wounds, 549 Rainer Mittermayr & Wolfgang Schaden Index, 559

About the Author :
Nicholas Kipshidze, MD, PhD, DSc, FACC, FESC, FSCAI, Professor of Medicine and Surgery, Director of Endovascular Therapies, New York Cardiovascular Research, New York, NY, USA; Consultant Cardiologist, N. Kipshidze Central University Hospital, Tbilisi, Georgia.  Jawed Fareed, PhD, FACB, Professor of Pathology and Pharmacology, Director of Hemostasis and Thrombosis Research Laboratories and Department of Pathology, Loyola University, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL, USA Robert J. Rosen, MD, Director, Interventional Radiology and Endovascular Surgery, Lenox Hill Heart and Vascular Institute, New York, NY, USA George Dangas, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FSCAI, Professor of Cardiology and Vascular Surgery, Director, Cardiovascular Innovation, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, USA Patrick W. Serruys, MD, PhD, FESC, FACC, Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Chair in Interventional Cardiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Professor of Cardiology, Imperial College, London, UK

Review :
“Any cardio interventionist or radiologist interested in the processes and applications of urgent interventions will find this packed with technical expert advice on all stages of treatment.”  (Midwest Book Review, 1 August 2015