Coronary Stenting: A Companion to Topol's Textbook of Interventional Cardiology

Matthew Price, MD, a new editor joining the revision, is Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Scripps Clinic

"Coronary Stenting' guides you through everything in percutaneous intervention that you need to know. The anatomy and physiology of the human heart and the complex structure of the stent; their interaction to possible complications. Chapters have data that is evidence-based and the reader is provided with pictures and diagrams that supplement all the statements." Reviewed by Perfusion, Apr 2015

• Section 1 PrologueChapter 1 Development of Coronary Stents: A Historical Perspective Section 2 Basic PrinciplesChapter 2 Fundamentals of Drug-Eluting Stent DesignChapter 3 Pre-Clinical Evaluation of Coronary StentsChapter 4 Design, Analysis, and Interpretation of Comparative Effectiveness Studies and Randomized Clinical Trials of Coronary Stents Chapter 5 Pathology of Drug-Eluting Stents in HumansChapter 6 Bioresorbable Coronary ScaffoldsSection 3 Clinical UseChapter 7 Efficacy and Safety of Bare Metal and Drug-Eluting Stents Chapter 8 Clinical Presentation, Evaluation, and Treatment of RestenosisChapter 9 Intravascular Ultrasound-Guided Coronary Stent Implantation Chapter 10 Optical Coherence Tomography: Stent Implantation and Evaluation Chapter 11 Fractional Flow Reserve-Guided Percutaneous Coronary InterventionChapter 12 Optimal Antithrombotic TherapySection 4 Specific Lesion SubsetsChapter 13 The Role of Drug-Eluting Stents or Cardiac Bypass Surgery in the Treatment of Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease Chapter 14 Left Main Coronary Artery Stenting Chapter 15 Stenting Approaches to the Bifurcation Lesion Chapter 16 Chronic Total Occlusions Chapter 17 Bypass Graft Intervention Chapter 18 Stenting in Acute Myocardial InfarctionIndex