MANUAL OF CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSION INTERVENTIONS. A STEP-BY-STEP APPROACH

DESCRIPTION

Manual of CoronaryChronic Total Occlusion Interventions: A Step-by-Step Approach, Second Edition, is an easy toread reference for coronary chronictotal occlusion interventions(CTO). Written by recognized national and international experts in the field, this referencecompiles the steps necessary to preform,what pitfalls to watch out for,and troubleshooting tactics necessary for coronary chronictotal occlusion interventions(CTO). This second edition is updated withnew developments in the field.

The 2nd editioncovers techniques like the Carlino technique,"scratch and go", "BASE", double-blind stick and swap, and subintimalcrush, along with tips abouthow to use the latest complex PCI equipment. It also covers recently published trials, CTO scoresand hybrid series.

Written tobring a practical and easy toread approach, this book isperfect for interventional cardiologists, interventional and general cardiology fellows, cardiology researchers, physicians, cardiac catheterization laboratory personnel, technical staff,industry professionals and everyone elseinterested in understandingthe cutting edge and rapidlyevolving field of coronary CTOinterventions.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. When toPerform Chronic Total Occlusion Interventions
2. Equipment
3. The basics
4. Antegrade wire escalation
5. Antegrade Dissection/Re-entry
6. Retrograde
7. Putting it all together
8. Balloon uncrossable and balloon undilatableCTOs
9. Complex lesionssubsets10. Radiation
11. Stenting
12. Complications
13. How to build a successful CTO PCI program