Endovascular Skills. Guidewire and Catheter Skills for Endovascular Surgery

Part I: Basic Endovascular Skills
Endovascular Concepts
Case Preparation and Room Setup
Getting In: Percutaneous Vascular Access
Basic Sheath Access
Guidewire–Catheter Skills
Small Platform Guidewires and Monorail Systems
Guidewire and Catheter Passage
Imaging: The Key to Future Success
Selective Catheterization
Arteriography
Setting Up the Therapeutic Maneuver: Crossing Lesions

Part II: Endovascular Therapy
Strategy for Endovascular Therapy
Endovascular Workshop
Access for Endovascular Therapy
Medications for Endovascular Therapy
Balloon Angioplasty: Minimally Invasive Autologous Revascularization
More About Balloon Angioplasty: Keeping Out of Trouble
Stents: Minimally Invasive Relining
The Infrarenal Aorta, Aortic Bifurcation, and Iliac Arteries: Advice about Balloon Angioplasty and Stent Placement
The Infrainguinal Arteries: Advice about Balloon Angioplasty and Stent Placement
Advice About Endovascular Salvage of Previous Reconstructions

Part III: Advanced Endovascular Therapy
New Tools and Devices and How to Use Them
Brachiocephalic Interventions
Visceral and Renal Arteries: Advice about Balloon Angioplasty and Stent Placement
Complex Lower-Extremity Revascularization
Coiling of Peripheral Aneurysms
Making a Clean Getaway: Puncture Site Management
Endovascular Complications Can Be Avoided
Index

Since the first edition of this text was published, endovascular technique has become a mainstay of vascular care, treating disease that would have previously required open surgery. This book provides a step-by-step approach to endovascular intervention and aims to assist clinicians in the development and refinement of skills that are now essential to modern vascular practice. It begins with an overview of vascular access, guidewire–catheter handling, and arteriography in a multitude of vascular beds. It then discusses endovascular therapy, including sheath access, balloon angioplasty, stents, and other treatment modalities.

Author(s) Bio
Division of Vascular Therapy, Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA