Chronic Total Occlusions

Ron Waksman, MD, FACC. Associate Director, Division of Cardiology / Director of Experimental Angioplasty & New Technologies. Washington Hospital Center, 110 Irving Street, NW, Suite 4B-1, Washington, DC 20010. Dr. Waksman is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine and sits on the editorial boards of six other internationally published journals. He has been Editor/Co-Editor of six books since 1996 and has authored 22 additional book chapters. Dr. Waksman has also authored/co-authored over 250 published manuscripts and over 200 abstracts. He is also a Clinical Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) at Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.

Contributors. Preface. Foreword. Part I Pathology and Indications: Clinical Trials The Pathobiology of CTO1 ( Ronen Jaffe, MD, Brian Courtney, MD, & Bradley H. Strauss, MD, PhD ). 2 Indication and Outcome of PCI for CTO ( Ron Waksman, MD, FACC ). 3 CTO - Review of Trials ( Tina L. Pinto Slottow, MD & Ron Waksman, MD, FACC ). Part II Imaging. 4 CT Angiography: Application in Chronic Total Occlusions ( Hidehiko Hara, MD, John R. Lesser, MD, Nicholas Burke, MD, & Robert S. Schwartz, MD ). 5 Magnetic Navigation Wire ( Steve Ramcharitar, BMBCh, DPhil & Patrick Serruys, MD, PhD ). 6 IVUS-Guided Recanalization of CTO ( Etsuo Tsuchikane, MD, PhD ). Part III Wires Technology. 7 Defl ecting Tip Wires ( Mirko Schiemann, MD ). 8 ASAHI Wires ( Shigeru Saito, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FJCC ). 9 Tornus Catheter ( Hideaki Kaneda, MD, PhD ). 10 Introduction of a New 0.014-inch CiTop Guidewire for CTO: Preclinical Safety and Feasibility Studies ( Mickey Scheinowitz, PhD ). 11 Frontrunner CTO Technology ( Chad Kliger, MD, Steven P. Sedlis, MD, FACC, FSCAI, & Jeffrey D. Lorin, MD, FACC ). Part IV Wires Technique. 12 Use of Two Wires in the Treatment of CTO ( Thierry Lef evre, MD, FESC, FSCAI, Yves Louvard, MD, FSCAI, & Marie-Claude Morice, MD, FACC, FESC ). 13 Parallel-Wire Techniques ( Jean-Francois Surmely, MD & Takahiko Suzuki, MD ). 14 Wire Control Handling Technique ( Shigeru Saito, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FJCC ). 15 Subintimal Angioplasty ( Masashi Kimura, MD, PhD, Antonio Colombo, MD, Eugenia Nikolsky, MD, PhD, Etsuo Tsuchikane, MD, PhD, & George Dangas, MD, PhD ). 16 Re-entry Technique - Pioneer Catheter ( Nicolaus Reifart, MD, PhD, FESC, FACC, RANS ). 17 Bilateral Approach ( Jean-Francois Surmely, MD & Osamu Katoh, MD ). 18 Tips and Tricks of the CART Technique ( Osamu Katoh, MD ). Part V Devices Technology. Radio Frequency ( Richard Heuser, MD, FACC, FACP, FESC ). 20 High-Frequency Mechanical Revascularization ( Eberhard Grube, MD & Lutz Buellesfeld, MD ). 21 Debulking of CTO ( Etsuo Tsuchikane, MD, PhD ). 22 Vibrational Angioplasty ( Lampros K. Michalis, MD, MRCP, FESC ). 23 Drug-Eluting Stents ( David E. Kandzari, MD ). 24 Laser for CTO Recanalization ( On Topaz, MD ). Part VI Complications. 25 How to Handle Complications ( Axel de Labriolle, MD & Ron Waksman, MD ). 26 How to Minimize Contrast Nephropathy ( Robin Mathews, MD & Luis Gruberg, MD, FACC ). Part VII Interesting Cases. 27 Interesting Cases I, II ( Takafumi Tsuji, MD & Hideo Tamai, MD ). Index. Colour plates.