Peripheral and Cerebrovascular Intervention (Contemporary Cardiology)

About this book

This book is intended for interventional and general cardiologists, interventional radiologists, interventional and general neurologists, internists, cardiology fellows, vascular surgeons and vascular medicine specialists. Nurses and technicians in the interventional angiography suites will also find it to be a valuable guide. Product device companies that produce stents, balloons, and emboli protection devices for these procedures will also benefit from a concise handbook.

Written for:

Interventional and general cardiologists, interventional radiologists, interventional and general neurologists, internists, cardiology fellows, vascular surgeons and vascular medicine specialists.

Nurses and technicians in the interventional angiography suites

Keywords:

• Abdominal/Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms
• Carotid and Vertebral intervention
• Intracranial Intervention
• Lower Extremity Intervention
• Renal Artery Intervention
• Upper Extremity Intervention
• Venous Intervention

Table of contents

Preface

1. Peripheral and cerebrovascular disease (importance of the problem, growing prevalence, under-detection, potential role of screening, under-treatment, REACH data, potential role of intervention, improvements in quality of life, ?cardiovascular risk) - Deepak L. Bhatt MD Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
2. Lower extremity intervention (iliac, superficial femoral artery, balloon angioplasty, cutting balloon, stenting, nitinol stents, drug-eluting stent or DES, atherectomy, ) – Amjad Al Mahameed MD and Duane Pinto MD, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
3. Infrapopliteal intervention and limb salvage (angioplasty, cutting balloon, stenting, DES, thrombus extraction devices, fibrinolysis, embolic protection devices) – David Allie MD, Cardiovascular Institute of the South, Louisiana
4. Renal artery intervention – Christopher White MD, Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans, Louisiana
5. Upper extremity intervention (subclavian, axillary, brachial artery, arteriovenous fistula) – Dr. Walter Tan, North Carolina
6. Carotid and vertebral artery intervention – Kenneth Rosenfield MD – Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
7. Intracranial intervention (angioplasty, stenting, DES, coiling, atherosclerotic disease, aneurysmal disease, acute stroke) – Alex Abou Chebl MD, University of Louisville, Kentucky
8. Abdominal and thoracic aortic aneurysms – Roy Greenberg MD, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
9. Venous intervention (angioplasty, stenting, deep venous thrombosis, fibrinolysis, suction embolectomy, IVC filters) – Dr. Bruce Gray, North Carolina