Practical Angioplasty

Part 1 Background and Patient Selection: Introduction and Historical Background; Mechanisms of Angioplasty and Pathophysiology of Restenosis; Patient Selection - Current Status; Patient Preparation and Periprocedural Management. Part 2 Technical Considerations: Vascular Approaches; Selection of Guiding Catheters; Selection of Balloon Catheters and Guidewires; Dilation Strategies in Patients with Multivessel Disease; Coronary Angioplasty of Bifurcation Lesions; Total Occlusion; Interventional Approaches in the Post Bypass Patient; Coronary Angioplasty Strategies for the Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction; Assessment of Early and Late Success After Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty; The Management of Patients Following Successful Coronary Angioplasty. Part 3 New Technology: Coronary Atherectomy; Excimer Laser Coronary Angioplasty; Intracoronary Ultrasound; Management of Adverse Events; Percutaneous Support Techniques; Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty and the Cardiac Surgeon; Clinical Features of Restenosis Following Coronary Angioplasty.