Current Best Practice in Interventional Cardiology

Bernhard Meier, MD, FACC, FESC Professor and Chairman Department of Cardiology University Hospital 3010 Bern Switzerland

Part I Coronary artery disease. * Acute coronary syndrome - Marco Roffi, Zurich, Switzerland, Pierre-Frederic Keller, Geneva, Switzerland . * Modern coronary stenting - Stephane Cook/Stephan Windecker, Otto Hess, Bern, Switzerland . - DES. - Passive modern stents. - Late thrombosis. - Stenting of nonsignificant lesions (plaque sealing). - Comparison with medical treatment or bypass surgery. - Bioactive stents. * Chronic total occlusion - Yaron Almagor, Jerusalem, Israel . * Nonrevascularization therapy - Jean-Paul Schmid, Bern, Switzerland . - Shock wave therapy. - Spinal stimulation. - Coronary sinus restriction. . Part II Noncoronary interventions. * Percutaneous valve replacement or repair - Helene Eltchaninoff, Rouen, France . * PFO closure - Bernhard Meier, Bern Switzerland . * ASD and VSD closure - tentatively: David Hildick Smith, London, UK . * Carotid angioplasty - Sri Iyer, New York, USA . * Alcohol ablation of hyperthrophic cardiomyopathy - Otto Hess, Bern, Switzerland . . Part III Treatment of left ventricular failure. * Biventricular pacing - Etienne Delacretaz, Bern Switzerland . * Percutaneous left ventricular assist devices - Pim de Feyter, Rotterdam, NL . * Stem cell therapy - Andreas Zeiher, Frankfurt, Germany . * Drug therapy in conjunction with interventions - Roger Hullin, Bern, Switzerland . . Part IV Cardiovascular imaging. * Computed tomography (CT) for screening and follow-up - Stephan Achenbach, Erlangen, Germany . * Magnetic resonance (MR) for functional testing and interventional guidance - Andreas Wahl, Bern, Switzerland . * Optical coherence tomography (OCT) - Jean-Francois Surmely, Aarau, Switzerland . * Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) - Peter J. Fitzgerald, Stanford, CA, USA