Practical Handbook of Advanced Interventional Cardiology

Thach N Nguyen, MD, FACC, FACP, FSCAI Director of Cardiology, Community Health System, St Mary Medical Center, Hobart, IN, USA. Since 1992, he actively participated in the organization of the Great Wall International Congress of Cardiology, the largest cardiology educational meeting for China. His major publications include Management of Complex Cardiovascular Problems (2nd Edition in English, Spanish and Vietnamese 2002). Practical Handbook of Advanced Interventional Cardiology (2nd Edition Blackwell, Oxford, UK, 2003; 3rd Edition, Blackwell, Oxford, UK, 2007). He has an academic appointment at Indiana University School of Medicine, honorary professorship of medicine at the Capital University of Medical Sciences and the Institute of Geriatric Cardiology of The Central People Liberation Army Hospital 301, Beijing, China. He is editorial consultant for the Journal of Interventional Cardiology and was co-editor of the Journal of Geriatric Cardiology.

Preface, ix List of Contributors, xiii Foreword to the First Edition, xxiii Acknowledgements, xxv 1 Vascular Access, 1 Thach N. Nguyen, Quoc Nguyen, Pham Quoc Khanh, Tuan D. Nguyen 2 Angiographic Views, 27 Thach N. Nguyen, Sim Kui Hian, Timothy J. Yee, Aung Kyaw Zaw, Hoang Trong Minh Tuan, Pham Nhu Hung, Hung D. Huynh, Dan Le 3 Guides, 51 Dobrin Vassilev, Thach N. Nguyen, Yidong Wei 4 Wires, 87 Dobrin Vassilev, Satoru Sumitsuji, Thach N. Nguyen, Hai Yun Wu 5 Balloon Angioplasty, 105 Thach N. Nguyen, Tung Mai, Dominic Nguyen, Hau Tran, Ainol Shareha Sahar 6 Stenting, 119 Thach N. Nguyen, Vo Thanh Nhan, Dinh Duc Huy, Nguyen Huynh Khuong, Nikola Bakraceski 7 Transradial Approach, 141 Jack P. Chen, Xian Kai Li, Thach N. Nguyen, Phan Nam Hung, Tejas Patel, Shigeru Saito 8 Slender Transradial Intervention, 171 Yuji Ikari 9 Left Main, 185 Run Lin Gao, Debabrata Dash, Bo Xu, Thach N. Nguyen 10 Chronic Total Occlusion, 207 Thach N. Nguyen, Satoru Sumitsuji, Yaling Han, Shigeru Saito 11 Ostial Lesions, 255 Szabolcs Szabo, Huynh Trung Cang, Yadav Bhatta, Thach N. Nguyen 12 Acute ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction, 269 James Nguyen, Marko Noc, Thach N. Nguyen, Lefeng Wang, Hung M. Ngo, Tan Huay Cheem, Michael Gibson 13 Interventions in Patients after Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery, 293 Thach N. Nguyen, Nguyen Quang Tuan, Muhammad Munawar 14 Bifurcation Lesion, 313 Shao Liang Chen, Dobrin Vassilev, Nguyen K. Nguyen, Gim Hooi Choo, Thach N. Nguyen, Tak Kwan, Junjie Zhang 15 Complications, 347 Ashok Seth, Nguyen Ngoc Quang, Vijay Dave, Thach N. Nguyen 16 High-risk Patients, 399 Ramesh Daggubati, Rajasekhar Nekkanti, Vinh N. Pham, Nguyen Duc Cong, Phan D. Phong, Dan D. Le, Ali Oto, Vijay Dave, Thach N. Nguyen 17 Removal of Embolized Material, 419 Thach N. Nguyen, Tung Mai, Quoc Nguyen, Katrina Nguyen, Kirk Garrat 18 Inoue Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty, 437 Jui-Sung Hung, Kean-Wah Lau 19 Retrograde Percutaneous Aortic Valvuloplasty, 475 Ted Feldman, Thach N. Nguyen 20 Percutaneous Implantation of Aortic Valvular Prostheses, 487 Stefan Toggweiler, John Webb 21 Subclavian Artery Interventions, 501 Gianluca Rigatelli, Paolo Cardaioli, Aravinda Nanjundappa 22 Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, 517 Aravinda Nanjundappa, Damras Tresukosol, Thach N. Nguyen 23 Renal Artery Interventions, 537 Gianluca Rigatelli, Ho Thuong Dung, Paolo Cardaioli 24 Carotid Artery Occlusive Disease, 553 Gianluca Rigatelli, Paolo Cardaioli, Horst Sievert 25 Iliac Artery Stenosis, 579 Timothy C. Dy, Gianluca Rigatelli, Paolo Cardaioli, Rosli Mohd Ali, Aravinda Nanjundappa 26 Infrainguinal and Infragenicular Interventions, 603 Jasrai Gill, Robert Dieter, John Lopez, Gianluca Rigatelli, Thach N. Nguyen, Paolo Cardaioli, Prakash Makham, Aravinda Nanjundappa 27 Percutaneous Intervention of Cardiac Congenital Anomalies, 629 Gianluca Rigatelli, Zhang Shuang Chuan, Nguyen Thuong Nghia, Nguyen Lan Hieu, Do Huan Quang Index, 657