Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. History of Interventional Cardiology
(Dario Buccheri and Giulia Zambelli, Department of Cardiology, Policlinico P. Giaccone, University of Palermo, Italy)

Chapter 2. The Catheterization Laboratory: Operators and Tools
(Rami Mokdad and Bernardo Cortese, Cardiac Department, San Carlo Clinic, Milano, Italy)

Chapter 3. Transradial and Transfemoral Approach for Coronary Interventions
(Conrad Estanislao and Bernardo Cortese, San Carlo Clinic, Cardiac Department, Milano, Italy)

Chapter 4. X-Ray and Projections
(Emanuela Piccaluga, Interventional Cardiology Dept, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Italy)

Chapter 5. Coronary Catheters
(Roberto Adriano Latini, MD, and Dario Pellegrini, MD, Department of Cardiology, Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Milan, Italy, and others)

Chapter 6. Coronary Guidewires
(Marco Cerrito, MD, Dalia Di Nunzio, MD, and Alessandro Caracciolo, MD, Department of Cardiology, Papardo Hospital, Messina, Italy, and others)

Chapter 7. Coronary Angiography: The POBA Era
(Dario Buccheri and Giulia Zambelli, Interventional Cardiology, S. Antonio Abate Hospital, Trapani, Italy, and others)

Chapter 8. Development of Coronary Stents
(Gabriella Testa, Marianna Rubino, Giulia Zambelli and Dario Buccheri Department of Cardiology, Policlinico P. Giaccone, University of Palermo, Italy, and others)

Chapter 9. Drug-Coated Balloons: Which Role in a Modern Cath Lab?
(Rami El-Mokdad and Bernardo Cortese, Cardiac Department, San Carlo Clinic, Milano, Italy)

Chapter 10. Bioresorbable Scaffolds
(Alfonso Franzé, MD, Enrico Cerrato, MD, Giorgio Quadri, MD, Francesco Tomassini, MD, Cristina Rolfo, MD, Fabio Mariani, MD, Fabio Ferrari, MD, and Ferdinando Varbella, MD, Department of Cardiology, Infermi Hospital, Rivoli, TO, Italy, and others)

Chapter 11. Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS)
(Giovanni Longo, MD, Alberto Pietro Chisari, MD, and Alessio Gaetano La Manna, MD, Cardiology Division, “S. Elia” Hospital, Caltanissetta, Sicily, Italy, and others)

Chapter 12. Optical Coherence Tomography
(Elisabetta Iardino, MD, and Bernardo Cortese, MD, Cardiology, Clinica S. Carlo, Milan, Italy)

Chapter 13. Pressure Wire Techniques (FFR and iFR)
(Giuseppe Mezzapelle, MD, U. O. C. Cardiologia con UTIC ed Emodinamica ASP AG 1, Ospedale Giovanni Paolo II, Sciacca, Italy)

Chapter 14. Left Main Coronary Artery
(Giuseppe Andò, MD, PhD, Giulia Laterra, MD, and Francesco Costa, MD, PhD, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy)

Chapter 15. Coronary Artery Bifurcation Lesions
(Federica Serino, MD, Luigi Di Serafino, MD, PhD, and Gianluca Caiazzo, MD, PhD, Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy, and others)

Chapter 16. Calcific Lesion: Atherectomy and Other Devices
(Alessio Mattesini, Carlotta Sorini Dini and Carlo Di Mario, Structural Interventional Cardiology, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy, and others)

Chapter 17. Chronic Total Occlusions
(Giuseppe Venuti, MD, Guido D’Agosta, MD, Carmelo Castellana, MD, Giulio Piedimonte, MD, Aurora Leonardi and Alessio La Manna, MD, Division of Cardiology, C. A. S. T., Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria
“Policlinico-Vittorio Emanuele,” University of Catania, Catania, Italy)

Chapter 18. Small Vessel Disease
(A. Centola, MD, E. G. Campanale, MD, A. Ruggiero, MD, A. Cuculo, MD, and N. D. Brunetti, PhD, Cardiology Department, Ospedali Riuniti University Hospital, Foggia, Italy)

Chapter 19. Thrombus Aspiration
(Carlo Cicerone, MD, Department of Hemodynamics and Interventional Cardiology Villa Sofia Hospital [A. O. O. R. vs. e Cervello], Palermo, Italy)

Chapter 20. Coronary Perforations
(Alfonso Franzé, MD, Enrico Cerrato, MD, Davide Belliggiano, MD, Giorgio Quadri, MD, Francesco Tomassini, MD, Cristina Rolfo, MD, and Ferdinando Varbella, MD, Department of Cardiology, Infermi Hospital, Rivoli, TO, Italy, and others)

Chapter 21. In-Stent Restenosis: Description and Treatment
(Davide Piraino, Dario Buccheri, Giulia Zambelli and Giuliana Cimino, Interventional Cardiology Unit, Department of Cardiology, P. Giaccone University Hospital of Palermo, Italy, and others)

Chapter 22. Anticoagulant and Antiplatelet Therapy
(Giovanni Ruscica, MD, and Marco Contarini, MD, Department of Cardiology, Umberto I Hospital, Siracusa, Italy)

Chapter 23. Other Drugs Used in Cath-Lab
(Fabio Calogero Abate and Fabio Maria Santagati, Interventional Cardiology Unit, “Giovanni Paolo II” Hospital, Sciacca, Italy)

Chapter 24. Other Drugs, from Vasospasm to Hypertensive Crisis
(Federica Serino, MD, Michele Cimmino, MD, Assunta Chianese, Valeria Piccolo, Maria Riccardi and Gianluca Caiazzo, MD, PhD, Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy, and others)

Index