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