Interventional Cardiology Handbook

Salvatore Brugaletta, PhD is a Senior Consultant Interventional Cardiologist with vast experience in coronary and structural heart disease (intracoronary imaging and physiology, complex heart disease, left main, bifurcation, STEMI, cardiogenic shock, TAVI, LAA, etc). Highly skilled in Clinical Research, Medical Education and Medical Devices with strong commitment inside medical communities. Two PhDs focused on interventional cardiology from Erasmus University (Rotterdam, The Netherlands) and Sacred Heart Catholic University (Rome, Italy). He has authored around 400 manuscripts published in peer-reviewed journals. Clinically, his interests include: preventive cardiology, acute coronary syndrome / angina, drug eluting metallic and bioresorbable stents, invasive coronary imaging and TAVI (Transcatheter aortic valve implantation). Dr. Salvatore Brugaletta is an Interventional Cardiologist at the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Spain.Manel Sabaté, MD, PhD is Chief of the Interventional Cardiology Department at the Clinic University Hospital in Barcelona and Associate Professor of the Central University of Barcelona. From the clinical point of view, Dr. Sabaté’s interests include diagnosis and treatment of ischemic and valvular heart disease. He is specifically trained at cardiac catheterization, intravascular imaging and physiology, percutaneous coronary intervention and treatment of acquired structural heart disease including transcatheter aortic valve implantation and mitraclip implantation. From the research point of view, Dr. Sabaté is author of more than 650 papers (h index 74), >20 book chapters and is the editor of 5 books. He is included in the World’s Top 2% Scientists 2021 and 2022 published by Standford University. He is also included in the list of the 2024 edition of Research.com ranking of the best researchers in the arena of Medicine with a position of 15588 in the world. He is member of the editorial Board of several journals in the specialty and has been the recipient (as a Principal Investigator or Collaborator) in several competitive grants.

• 1. Percutaneous arterial and venous access and closure2. Right Heart Catheterization: A Practical Guide for Assessing Cardiac Disorders 3. Coronary Angiography4. Myocardial flow evaluation5. Application of Coronary Physiology for Assessment of Epicardial Coronary Flow-Limiting Stenoses6. Introduction to intracoronary imaging techniques7. Treatment of coronary bifurcation lesions8. Left main treatment9. Cardiogenic Shock and Complex High-Risk Percutaneous Coronary Interventions10. Calcified Coronary Lesions11. Coronary chronic total occlusions12. Alcohol septal ablation13. CT-guided PCI14. Transeptal puncture technique15. Computed tomography analysis for transcatheter aortic valve implantation16. Streamlined transfemoral TAVI17. PCI in TAVI18. Edge-to-Edge Mitral Repair for Severe Mitral Regurgitation19. Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion20. Angiography-guided closure of PFO and type 2 ASD21. Intravascular foreign body retrieval22. Endomyocardial biopsy