Complications of Cardiovascular Procedures: Risk Factors, Management, and Bailout Techniques

Complications in the Cath Lab provides interventional cardiologists, endovascular interventionalists, and physicians in training with a comprehensive resource on the prevention and management of complications in interventional cardiology. The book focuses specifically on risk factors, prevention, and management with conventional and/or with bailout techniques and devices. It includes many images of common and rare complications and of devices. The first section, on general principles, includes quality assurance, training requirements, legal considerations, adjunctive pharmacotherapy, and conscious sedation. Subsequent sections cover general complications of invasive procedures and complications of specific coronary interventions, noncoronary cardiac interventions, peripheral vascular procedures, pediatric interventions, and electrophysiology procedures. A companion website includes videos of over 100 complications and bailout techniques.

Table of Contents:
Section 1: GENERAL PRINCIPLES 1: Risk Assessment 2: Quality Assurance and Reporting 3: Legal Considerations: Informed Consent and Disclosure Practices 4: Training and Facility Development 5: When Should a Procedure Not be Done 6: Adjunctive Pharmacology (Benefits and Complications) 7: Moderate Sedation in Diagnostic and Therapeutic Cardiovascular Procedures Section 2: SYSTEMIC AND LOCAL COMPLICATIONS OF INVASIVE PROCEDURES IN GENERAL 8: Predicting and Avoiding Death, Emergency Surgery, and Other Complications of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention 9: Stroke and Neurovascular Rescue 10: Periprocedural Myocardial Infarction 11: Cardiac Arrhythmias Complicating Interventional Procedures 12: Infection 13: Complications of Contrast Agents (Including Allergic Reactions) 14: Local Arterial/Venous Access Site Complications Section 3: SPECIFIC COMPLICATIONS OF CORONARY INTERVENTIONS 15: Coronary Dissection, Side Branch Occlusion, and Abrupt Closure 16: Coronary Perforation, Aneurysm Formation, Covered Stents, and Coil Embolization 17: No-Reflow, Distal Embolization, and Embolic Protection 18: Retained Devices: Embolization, Guidewire Fracture, and Device Entrapment Section 4: SPECIFIC COMPLICATIONS OF NONCORONARY CARDIAC INTERVENTIONS 19: Transseptal Puncture, Septostomy, LV Puncture 20: Valvuloplasty 21: Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation 22: Transcatheter Closure of Atrial Septal Defects and Patent Foramen Ovale 23: Pericardiocentesis and Pericardiotomy 24: Circulatory Support 25: Alcohol Septal Ablation Section 5: SPECIFIC COMPLICATIONS OF PERIPHERAL VASCULAR PROCEDURES 26: Carotid Stenting and Intracranial Interventions 27: Aortic Endovascular Grafting 28: Peripheral Vascular Interventions 29: Inferior Vena Cava Filters Section 6: SPECIFIC COMPLICATIONS OF PEDIATRIC INTERVENTIONS 30: Cardiac Catheterization in Children 31: Valvuloplasty, Angioplasty, and Stent Placement in Children 32: VSD, PDA, Fen Fontan, AV Fistula Section 7: ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY PROCEDURES 33: Implantable Devices 34: Catheter Ablation

Review :
"Complications of Cardiovascular Procedures, edited by Mauro Moscucci, MD, is the closest thing we have to a comprehensive compendium of complications in cardiology. Whereas most texts present complications as an afterthought, complications and their prevention are the focus here, with only brief overviews of the procedures to place the complications in context. The book's 629 pages appears intimating at first glance, before you realize that the chapters are well-illustrated, the sections succinct, and the tables frequent. The mark of good editing is bringing together the content from multiple distinguished contributors into a unified style, and Moscucci makes each chapter read as though it were written by the same author...It is very apparent that the author and contributors meticulously planned the structure of the book and executed it effectively. (The book) provides a clear-headed summary of what can happen in the cath lab, how to manage it if it happens, and how to prevent it from happening again. For the experienced cardiologist, the book serves as an illustrated teaching tool, a review of the grading systems and prevention techniques of complications, and a toolbox of expert techniques for rescue. For the starting interventional fellow, reading this book may not be sufficient to pass the Interventional Cardiology Boards, but is a good start to safely performing interventions independently. For cath lab staff, the book provides expertise on preparing the lab for complications, with processes that make it run safer and equipment that is needed for the unexpected." Cath Lab Digest, September 2012 Issue Reviewed by Arnold Seto, MD, MPA, and Todd Zynda, DO, University of California-Irvine and Long Beach VA Medical Center, Orange, California